On average, indoor cats live to 15 years old with a standard deviation of 2.6 years. Suppose that the distribution is normal. Let X = the age at death of a randomly selected indoor cat. Round answers to 4 decimal places where possible. a.  What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(,) b. Find the probability that an indoor cat dies when it is between 13.7 and 14.7 years old. c.  The middle 30% of indoor cats' age of death lies between what two numbers?      Low:       years      High:       years

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On average, indoor cats live to 15 years old with a standard deviation of 2.6 years. Suppose that the distribution is normal. Let X = the age at death of a randomly selected indoor cat. Round answers to 4 decimal places where possible.

a.  What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(,)

b. Find the probability that an indoor cat dies when it is between 13.7 and 14.7 years old.

c.  The middle 30% of indoor cats' age of death lies between what two numbers?
     Low:       years
     High:       years

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