The time spent (in days) waiting for a kidney transplant for people ages 35-49 c

Question

The time spent (in days) waiting for a kidney transplant for people ages 35-49 can be approximiated by the normal distribution, as shown in the figure to the right 1673 (a) What waiting time represents the 80th percentile? (b) What waiting time represents the first quartile? Click to view page 1.of the Standard Normal Table Chck to.y (a) The waiting time that represents the 80th percentile is (Round to the nearest integer as needed) (b) The waiting t.ne that represents the trs.partle- days (Round to the nearest integer as needed)

Explanation / Answer

a) z score corresponding to 80th percentile = 0.84

Hence,

Waiting time = 1673 + 0.84*209.8 = 1849 days

b) z score corresponding to first quartile = -0.67

Hence,

Waiting time = 1673 - 0.67*209.8 = 1532 days

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