Marlina somo I 2/26/18 11:43 PM Homework: HW 5.3-5.4 Score: 0 of 1 pt 10 of 20 (

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Marlina somo I 2/26/18 11:43 PM Homework: HW 5.3-5.4 Score: 0 of 1 pt 10 of 20 (20 complete) > HW Score: 95%, 19 of 20 pts 5.3.37 Question Help The time spent (in days) waiting for a heart transplant in two states for patients with type A blood can be approximated by a normal distribution, as shown in the graph -122 =19 4 to the right. Complete parts (a) and (b) below. Click to view page 1 of the table, (a) what is the shortest time spent waiting for a heart that would still place a patient in the top 15% of waiting times? 125.69 days (Round to two decimal places as needed,) Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer. Final Check part remaining Clear All 11:43 SAMSUNG

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Given X follows normal(122,19.4)

Where X is the time spent waitinf for a heart transplant.

The shortest time spent waiting for a heart for a heart that would still placed a patient in the top 15% of waiting time.

That is we have to find 85th percentile

= 142.11 ## By using R command >qnorm(0.85,122,19.4)

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