The average weight of a newborn baby at a certain hospital is 7 pounds with a standard deviation of 0.8 pounds. Using the normal distribution, find the two weights associated with the middle 50 percent of all baby weights. Choose 2 of the following. Answers are rounded to 3 decimal places. Select one or more: a. 6.200 b. 6.460 c. 6.946 d. 7.800 e. 7.540 f. 7.054
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- Using the inverse norm function on the calculator with the area to the left of X as 0.75, mean as 7, and standard deviation as 0.8, we find: X = 7.540 Show more…
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