Is the pr The time spent (in days) waiting for a heart transplant for people age

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Is the pr The time spent (in days) waiting for a heart transplant for people ages 35-49 can be approximiated by the normal distribution, as shown in the figure to the right (a) What waiting time represents the 5th percentile? (b) What waiting time represents the third quartile? 210 26.9 10 210 310 Days Click to view page 1 of the Standard Normal Table Cick to.eew.page 2 of the Standand Noreal Tab (a) The waiting time that represents the 5th percentile is days. (Round to the nearest integer as needed) 1 days. (b) The waiting time that represents the third quartile is (Round to the nearest integer as needed)

Explanation / Answer

a) Locate the z score with an area of 0.05. z = -1.645

Substitute into formula to solve for x

x = -1.645*26.9 + 210 = 165.74 days.

b) Locate the z score with an area to the left of 0.7500, z = 0.67

x = 0.67*26.9 + 210 = 228.02 days

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