Blood Pressure For women aged 1824, systolic blood pressures (in mm Hg) are normally distributed with a
Question:
Blood Pressure For women aged 18–24, systolic blood pressures (in mm Hg) are normally distributed with a mean of 114.8 and a standard deviation of 13.1 (based on data from the National Health Survey). Hypertension is commonly defined as a systolic blood pressure above 140.
a. If a woman between the ages of 18 and 24 is randomly selected, find the probability that her systolic blood pressure is greater than 140.
b. If 4 women in that age bracket are randomly selected, find the probability that their mean systolic blood pressure is greater than 140.
c. Given that part
(b) involves a sample size that is not larger than 30, why can the central limit theorem be used?
d. If a physician is given a report stating that 4 women have a mean systolic blood pressure below 140, can she conclude that none of the women have hypertension
(with a blood pressure greater than 140)?
Step by Step Answer: