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For more than a century, doctors have been telling patients that a normal body temperature is 98.6 'F. This value dates
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For more than a century, doctors have been telling patients that a normal body temperature is 98.6 'F. This value dates back to a study done by Carl Wunderlich in the mid-1800s. More recently, researchers conducted a study to determine whether the "accepted" value for normal body temperature is accurate. They collected body temperatures (in degrees Celsius) from 130 healthy individunls. A dotplot and numerical summaries of the data are given below. Variable Temp 02 36.550 23 37.050 Maximum 38.200 Count Mean Stev Minimum Median 130 36.B05 0.400 35.700 36.850 (a) Mr. Withey's temperature is at the 20th percentile of the distribution. Interpret this value in context. (b) What was Mr. Withey's temperature? Use the fact that oF - (9/5)oC + 32 to help you answer the following
questions () Find the mean temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. What does this suggest about the value of the "normal" body temperature? (d) Calculate the standard deviation of the temperature readings in degrees Fahrenheit
. 0 0 Ooo.. 36.0 35.5 38.0 38.5 36.5 37.0 37.5 Temperature (°C)