The Systolic Blood Pressures of the Patients at a Hospital

question 37

Short Answer

The systolic blood pressures of the patients at a hospital are normally distributed with a mean of 136 mm Hg and a standard deviation of 12 mm Hg. Find the two blood pressures having these properties: the mean is midway between them and 76.98% of all blood pressures are between them.

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