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eLur ezto.mheducation.com/hm.tpx Weights of female cats of a certain breed are normally distributed with mean 4.3 kg and standard deviation 06 kg References eBook & Resources Section Break Difficulity: Eesy Chapter: 04 Commonly Used Section: 04.05 The Normal Distribution Distributions 28 2.17 points A certain female cat has a weight that is 0.5 standard deviations above the mean. What proportion of female cats are heavier than this one? %of cats are heavier. Approximately Hints Hint#1 Check my work

Explanation / Answer

Given the weight of the cat is 0.5 standard deviations above the mean. So z score corresponding to this cat = 0.5

From z table,

P(z > 0.5) = 0.3085

Hence,

Approximately 30.85 % of the cats are heavier.