Assume that human body temperatures are normally distributed

Last updated: 10/23/2023

Assume that human body temperatures are normally distributed with a mean of 98 18 F and a standard deviation of 0 61 F a A hospital uses 100 6 F as the lowest temperature considered to be a fever What percentage of normal and healthy persons would be considered to have a fever Does this percentage suggest that a cutoff of 100 6 F is appropriate b Physicians want to select a minimum temperature for requiring further medical tests What should that temperature be if we want only 5 0 of healthy people to exceed it Such a result is a false positive meaning that the test result is positive but the subject is not really sick Click to view page 1 of the table Click to view page 2 of the table a The percentage of normal and healthy persons considered to have a fever is Round to two decimal places as needed