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ile Edit View History Bookmarks People Window Help Do Homework Anthony Mejia ii Secure https://www.mathod.com/Student/playerHomewo homeworkld 421485241&questionld; rk.aspx? MAT 120 ELEMENTARY STATISTICS Homework: Section 3.4 Homework Save Hw Score: 09%, 0 of 8 pts Score: 0 of 1 pt 1 of 8 (0 complete) v E Question Help 3.4.5 Suppose babies born after a gestation period of 32 to 35 weeks have a mean weight of 2700 grams and a standard deviation of 800 grams while babies born after a gestation period of40 weeks have a mean weight of 3100 grams and a standard deviation of 485 grams. If a 32-week gestation period baby weighs 3025 grams and a 41 week gestation period baby weighs 3425 grams, find the corresponding z-scores. Which baby weighs more relative to the gestation period? Find the corresponding z-scores. which baby weighs relatively more? Select the correct choice below and fill in the answer boxes to complete your choice. (Round to two decimal places as needed.) O A. The baby born in week 32 weighs relatively more since its z score, is larger than the z-score of for the baby born in week 41 O B. The baby born in week 41 weighs relatively more since its z-score, is smaller than the z-score of for the baby born in week 32. O c. The baby born in week 41 weighs relatively more since its z-score is larger than the z-score of for the baby born in week 32. O D. The baby born in week 32 weighs relatively more since its z-score, is smaller than the z-score of for the baby born in week 41. Click to select and enter your answers) and then click Check Answer All parts showing Clear All This course (MAT 120 ELEMENTARY STATISTIcs) is based on Sullivan: Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data Copyright 2017 Pearson Education

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as zscore =(X-mean)/std deviation

z score for 32th week =(3025-2700)/800=0.4063

z score for 41st week =(3425-3100)/485=0.6701

option C is correct ; sionce it s Z score 0.6701 is larger then ....z score of 0.4063 for the ....