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Question: CDC's National Center for Health Statistics reports that the percentage of infants born with a low birthweight (less than 2,500 grams} in 2015 was 8%, while the percentage of infants born with a very low birthweight (less than 1,500 grams} in the same year was 1.4%. You know that the distribution of birthweights is Normal. (a) (4 points) Calculate the mean and the standard deviation of this distribution. (b) (4 points) What proportion of children born in 2015 have a birthweight above 4,000 grams?

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