Overproduction of uric acid in the body can be an indication of cell breakdown.

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Overproduction of uric acid in the body can be an indication of cell breakdown. This may be an advance indication of illness such as gout, leukemia, or lymphoma (Reference: Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Test by F Fischer). Over is period of months, an adult male patient has taken eight blood tests for uric acid. The mean concentration was 5.35 mg/dl. The distribution of acid in healthy adult males can be assumed to be normal, with 1.85 mg/dl. What is the point estimate population mean concentration of acid in this patient's blood?

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point estimate of mean will remain same as sample mean from central limit theorum

hence point estimate of population mean =5.35 mg/dl

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