The weight of newborn babies in James Gordon Memorial Hospital is normally distributed with a mean of 6.9 pounds and a standard deviation of 1.2 pounds. a) How unusual is a baby weighing 8.0 pounds or more? b) What would be the 90th percentile for birth weight? c) Within what range would be the middle 95 percent of births weights lie?

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The weight of newborn babies in James Gordon Memorial Hospital is normally distributed with a
mean of 6.9 pounds and a standard deviation of 1.2 pounds.
a) How unusual is a baby weighing 8.0 pounds or more?
b) What would be the 90th percentile for birth weight?
c) Within what range would be the middle 95 percent of births weights lie?
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