Percentile score and body temps

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Mathematics

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Assume the body temp of healthy adults are normally distributed with a mean of 96.20 and a standard dev. of 0.82. If your body temp is 97.00 what is your percentile score? Show your work.

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Explanation & Answer

Since body temperatures are normally distributed and 97 is almost 1standard deviation away from mean 96.20+0.82=97.02 hence percentile will be

100-0.15-13.6-2.2=84.05 percentile 


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