According to the natioanl health and nutrition survey: Average Blood pressure

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is 129mm Hg and the? standard deviation is 19.8 mm Hg.
A. An individual may be classified as hypertensive (having high blood pressure) if his systolic blood pressure is above 140 mm Hg. Based on the information above, what percent of adult males in the united states are hypertensive?

B. If I collect a random sample of 5 men, what is the probability that exactly 2 of them will be hypertensive?

C. If I collect a random sample fo 50 men, about________ of them will be hypertensive, give or take_________.

D. If I collect a random sample of 10 men, what is the probability that their average systolic blood pressure will be above 140 mm Hg?

E. A researcher proposes that instead of 140 mm Hg, a man should be classified as hypertensive if his systolic blood pressure is above the 90th percentile. What blood pressure cutoff is this researcher proposing?
 
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