Probability And Statistical Inference (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780135189399
Author: Robert V. Hogg, Elliot Tanis, Dale Zimmerman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 18E
Say the serum cholesterol level (X) of U.S. males ages 25-34 follows a translated gamma distribution with
(a) What are the mean and the variance of this distribution?
(b) What is the
(c) What percentage have a serum cholesterol level less than 200’? Hint: Integrate by parts.
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