document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=135575>Question 135575</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> birth weights are normally distributed with the mean of 3570g and a standard deviation of 495g. if a hospital wants to watch carefully the lightest 2% of infants, find the weight that seperates the bottom 2% from others. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sketch a normal curve and put a point on the horizontal axis<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that has 2% of the area to the left under the curve.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The z-value of that point is -2.0537..<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the raw score (x-value) associated with that z-score, using<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z= (x-u)/s <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2.0537 = (x-3570)/495<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-3570 = -2.0537*495<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -1016.61 + 3570<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2553.39g<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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