Lengths of Pregnancies Are Normally Distributed with a Mean of 268

question 39

Essay

Lengths of pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and a standard deviation of 15 days. (a)Find the probability of a pregnancy lasting more than 250 days.
(b)Find the probability of a pregnancy lasting more than 280 days. Draw the diagram for
each and discuss the part of the solution that would be different for finding the requested
probabilities.

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