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The weights of newborn babies are distributed normally, with a mean of approximately 105 Oz and a standard deviation of 15 Oz. If a newborn baby is selected at random. What if the probably that the baby weighs less than 150 Oz? help please!! Also I need to round answer to nearest thousandth

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Answer:

0.999 = 99.9% probability that the baby weighs less than 150 Oz.

Explanation:

When the distribution is normal, we use the z-score formula.

In a set with mean
\mu and standard deviation
\sigma, the zscore of a measure X is given by:


Z = (X - \mu)/(\sigma)

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.

The weights of newborn babies are distributed normally, with a mean of approximately 105 Oz and a standard deviation of 15 Oz.

This means that
\mu = 105, \sigma = 15

What if the probabability that the baby weighs less than 150 Oz?

This is the pvalue of Z when X = 150. SO


Z = (X - \mu)/(\sigma)


Z = (150 - 105)/(15)


Z = 3


Z = 3 has a pvalue of 0.999

0.999 = 99.9% probability that the baby weighs less than 150 Oz.

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