The red blood cell counts​ (in millions of cells per​ microliter) for a population of adult males can be approximated by a normal​ distribution, with a mean of 5.5 million cells per microliter and a standard deviation of 0.5 million cells per microliter. ​(a) What is the minimum red blood cell count that can be in the top 30​% of​ counts? ​(b) What is the maximum red blood cell count that can be in the bottom 12​% of​ counts?   ​(a) The minimum red blood cell count is enter your response here million cells per microliter. ​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)   ​(b) The maximum red blood cell count is enter your response here million cells per microliter. ​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)

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The red blood cell counts​ (in millions of cells per​ microliter) for a population of adult males can be approximated by a normal​ distribution, with a mean of 5.5 million cells per microliter and a standard deviation of 0.5 million cells per microliter.
​(a) What is the minimum red blood cell count that can be in the top 30​% of​ counts?
​(b) What is the maximum red blood cell count that can be in the bottom 12​% of​ counts?

 

​(a) The minimum red blood cell count is
enter your response here
million cells per microliter.
​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)
 
​(b) The maximum red blood cell count is
enter your response here
million cells per microliter.
​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)
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