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Results of a blood test are normally distributed with a mean of 6.2 and a standard deviation of 1.5. What is the probability that a patient has a blood test result less than or equal to 8.3?

Answer 1

91.92%

Explanation:

Given that:

Mean (μ) = 6.2, standard deviation (σ) = 1.5

Z score is a measure in statistics to determine the relationship of a measured value with the mean. It is given by the equation:

`z=(x-\mu)/(\sigma)`

To calculate the probability that a patient has a blood test result less than or equal to 8.3, we need to calculate the z score of 8.3

For x = 8.3, the z score is:

`z=(x-\mu)/(\sigma)=(8.3-6.2)/(1.5) =1.4`

From the probability distribution table:

P( x ≤ 8.3) = P(z < 1.4) = 0.9192 = 91.92%