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The army reports that the distribution of head circumference among male soldiers is approximately Normal with mean of 22.8inches and standard deviation 1.1inches.

(a) A male soldier whose head circumference is 23.9-inches would be at what percentile? Show your method clearly.

(b) The army’s helmet supplier regularly stocks helmets that fit male soldiers with head circumferences between 20and 26inches. Anyone with a head circumference outside that interval requires a customized helmet order. What percent of male soldiers require custom helmets? Show your work, including a well-labeled sketch of a Normal curve.

(c) Find the interquartile range for the distribution of head circumference among male soldiers. Show your method clearly.

Short Answer

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  1. The soldier's head circumference is approximately the 84thpercentile.
  2. The percent of male soldiers who require custom helmets is 0.7
  3. The inter quartiles of the head circumference distribution are 1.174

Step by step solution

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Part(a) Step 1: Given Information 

Given in the question that,μ=22.8inches andσ=1.1inches .

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Part(a) Step 2 Explanation

According to definitions, the z-score for a soldier with a head circumference of 23.9inches is as follows:

localid="1649926606875" z=x-μσ=23.9-22.81.1=1

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Part(a) Step 3:  Graphical Representation

We find that the proportion related to z=1scores is 0.8413using ordinary normal tables.

This signifies that the head circumference of this soldier is in the 84thpercentile.

This is depicted in the graph below.

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Part(b) Step 1:  Given Information

Given in the question that, the army’s helmet supplier regularly stocks helmets that fit male soldiers with head circumferences between 20and26 inches.

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Part(b) Step 2 : Explanation

Anyone with a head circumference outside of that range, according to the report, requires a tailored helmet order.

According to definitions, the zscore for a soldier with a 20-inch head circumference is as follows:

localid="1649926624263" z=20−22.81.1=-2.55

Let's find the z-score that corresponds to the soldier whose head circumference is 26inches :

localid="1649926628791" z=26-22.81.1=2.91

Using standard normal tables, we observe the proportion corresponding to the scorez=-2.55as 0.0054and the proportion corresponding to the score z=2.91as0.9982.Thus the area above 2.91is 1-0.9982=0.0018. This is shown in the below graph.

0.9982.

This means, that the area in both tails is:

localid="1649402393448" 0.0054+0.0018=0.0072%

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Part(c) Step 1: Given Information 

The army reports that the distribution of head circumference among male soldiers is approximately Normal with mean of 22.8inches and standard deviation 1.1inches.

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Part(c) Step 2:  Explanation                             

The quartiles of a Standard Normal distribution are -0.67and 0.67. To find the quartiles of the head circumference distribution we solve the following equations for x

localid="1649926639197" -0.67=x-2281.1x=22.063

localid="1649926644659" 0.67=x-2281.1x=23.537

This shows thatQi=22.063andQi=23.537.

So

localid="1649926656947" IQR=Qi-Qi=23.537-22.063=1.174=23.537-22.063

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