The time spent (in days) waiting for a heart transplant for people 35-49 can be approximated by the normal distribution what is the 5th percentile with a mean of 212 and a standard deviation of 24.7

I’m guessing that the 5th percentile is app. 2 standard deviations which I think is right. In that case the 5th percentile will tend to wait for 212+2(24.7)= 261.4 (days?). Hope that helps!

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.