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Check our blood pressure: In a recent study, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention reported that diastolic blood pressures of adult women in the United States are approximately normally distributed with mean 80.3 and a standard deviation of 9.7. (a) What proportion of women have blood pressures lower than 64

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Answer from: MoltenSansriel1933

The proportion of women that have blood pressures lower than 64 is P(x<64) = P(z<-1.68) = 0.04648 or about 0.05 (5% of the cases) or 4.6/100 (about 5/100); that is, approximately, five of one hundred women have blood pressures lower than 64 (rounding to the nearest integer).

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this, we need to use the cumulative standard normal distribution and use the z-score of the raw value x = 64 to find the proportion of women having blood pressures lower than 64.

The z-score is a "transformation" of the raw score to use the cumulative standard normal distribution. We can obtain this using the following formula:

$\\ z = \frac{x - \mu}{\sigma}$

Where

$\\ \mu$ is the population mean. In this case, $\\ \mu = 80.3$ .

$\\ \sigma$ is the population standard deviation. In this case, $\\ \sigma = 9.7$

The x is the raw value. In this case, x = 64.

The proportion of women that have blood pressures lower than 64

The z-score is

$\\ z = \frac{64 -80.3}{9.7}$

$\\ z = \frac{-16.3}{9.7}$

$\\ z = -1.68$

This value for z tells us that is -1.68 is standard deviations below the mean (notice the negative sign).

The normal distribution (and also the standard normal distribution) are symmetrical. Because of this, the cumulative probability P(z<-1.68) is the same that 1 - P(z<1.68) = P(z>1.68).

In this way, consulting a standard cumulative normal table (available on Internet or textbooks in Statistics), the cumulative probability for P(z<1.68) = 0.95352. Then

$\\ P(z$

$\\ P(z1.68)$

$\\ P(z$

Thus, the proportion of women that have blood pressures lower than 64 is P(x<64) = P(z<-1.68) = 0.04648 or about 0.05 (5% of the cases). That is, 4.6/100 or 5/100 (rounding to the nearest integer) or nearly five of one hundred women have this condition.

The graph below shows the shaded area that corresponds to the proportion of 0.04648 (or about 0.05), for a normal distribution of mean = 80.3 and a standard deviation = 9.7.

Check our blood pressure: In a recent study, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention reported

Answer from: Quest

256π units² (answer b)

step-by-step explanation:

the formula for the surface area of a sphere of radius r

is a = 4πr²

and so, if r = 8 units, then the surface area is:

a = 4π(8 units)² = 256π units² (answer b)

What is the surface area of the sphere shown below with a radius of 8 ?

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add 5 subtract 1

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