Assume that human body temperatures are normally distributed with a mean of 98.20℉ with a standard deviation of 0.62℉.
a. A body temperature of 100.4℉ or above is considered to be a fever. What percentage of people would be expected to have a fever?
b. What percentage of people are expected to have a temperature below 98.7℉?
c. Physicians want to select a minimum temperature for requiring further medical tests. What should the temperature be, if we want only 2.0% of healthy people to exceed it? [Hint: 98th Percentile]
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