document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1103767>Question 1103767</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A fever is any body temperature above the mean temperature, in practice a person is usually not considered to have a significant fever until the temperature is above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Suppose that the body temperatures of healthy adults in a certain population vary according to a Normal distribution with mean 98.24 degrees Fahrenheit and standard deviation 2.16 degrees Fahrenheit. About what percent of the population is considered to have significant fever ? Round your answer to the nearest integer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #718473 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=718473\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z=(x-mean)/sd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z>(100.4-98.24)/2.16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z>2.16/2.16=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is 16% probability (0.1587)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Work:  Significant fever is a temperature above 100.4 F.  The mean is given as 98.24 F. and the SD 2.16 F.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A person will have a significant fever if their temperature is 1 SD above the mean, since 98.24+2.16=100.4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 SD above the mean or greater has a probability of 0.1587.  This is 15.87% and rounds to 16% as the nearest integer.   </SPAN>\n" );
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