The distribution of cholesterol levels in a boy is approximately normal with a mean of 170...

The distribution of cholesterol levels in a boy is approximately normal with a mean of 170 and a standard deviation of 30. Levels above 200 require attention. What is the probability of a boy with a cholesterol between 160 and 205?

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Let X be the cholesterol level

X follow Normal with mean 170 and standard deviation 30

that is

then

To find P( 160 < X < 205)

= P( -0.33 < z < 1.17 )

= P( -0.33 < z < 0) +P( 0 < z < 1.17)

= 0.1293 + 0.3790 ( from z table )

= 0.5083

Answer : probability that a boy has cholesterol level between 160 and 205 are 0.5083

Note : From z table ( 0 to z )

P( 0 < z < 0.33 ) =0.1293 ( which is same as P( -0.33 < z < 0)

P( 0 < z < 0.17 ) = 0.3790

a part of the z table is given below

z score	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.09
0.0	0.00000	0.00399	0.00798	0.01197	0.01595	0.01994	0.02392	0.02790	0.03188	0.03586
0.1	0.03983	0.04380	0.04776	0.05172	0.05567	0.05962	0.06356	0.06749	0.07142	0.07535
0.2	0.07926	0.08317	0.08706	0.09095	0.09483	0.09871	0.10257	0.10642	0.11026	0.11409
0.3	0.11791	0.12172	0.12552	0.12930	0.13307	0.13683	0.14058	0.14431	0.14803	0.15173
0.4	0.15542	0.15910	0.16276	0.16640	0.17003	0.17364	0.17724	0.18082	0.18439	0.18793
0.5	0.19146	0.19497	0.19847	0.20194	0.20540	0.20884	0.21226	0.21566	0.21904	0.22240
0.6	0.22575	0.22907	0.23237	0.23565	0.23891	0.24215	0.24537	0.24857	0.25175	0.25490
0.7	0.25804	0.26115	0.26424	0.26730	0.27035	0.27337	0.27637	0.27935	0.28230	0.28524
0.8	0.28814	0.29103	0.29389	0.29673	0.29955	0.30234	0.30511	0.30785	0.31057	0.31327
0.9	0.31594	0.31859	0.32121	0.32381	0.32639	0.32894	0.33147	0.33398	0.33646	0.33891
1	0.34134	0.34375	0.34614	0.34849	0.35083	0.35314	0.35543	0.35769	0.35993	0.36214
1.1	0.36433	0.36650	0.36864	0.37076	0.37286	0.37493	0.37698	0.37900	0.38100	0.38298
1.2	0.38493	0.38686	0.38877	0.39065	0.39251	0.39435	0.39617	0.39796	0.39973	0.40147

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