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If the weights of silver salmon are normally distributed with mean 4.2 kilograms and standard deviation 1.5 kilograms.

a. What percent of salmon weigh between 3 and 4 kilograms?

b. What is the forty-fourth percentile of salmon weights?

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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of descriptive statistics on percentile . Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included.

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Descriptive statistics on percentile
If the weights of silver salmon are normally distributed with mean 4.2 kilograms and standard deviation 1.5 kilograms.
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Let X be the weights of silver salmon. Given that X is normally distributed with ...

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