Reference no: EM132849256

Manufacturing and selling drugs that claim to reduce an individual's cholesterol level is big business for drug companies. Drugs-R-Us, a pharmaceutical company, would like to market its new cholesterol drug. The cholesterol levels of American adult women are normally distributed with a mean of 185 mg/dL and a standard deviation of 24 mg/dL.

Question 1:

Drugs-R-Us would like to market its drug to the women who have the highest cholesterol.

1 in 8 women have a cholesterol level above what value? (mg/dL)

Question 2:

The cholesterol levels of the middle 75% of women are between what two values?

Between ? (mg/dL) and ? (mg/dL)

Question 3:

On average, men have higher cholesterol than women but the standard deviation is the same. Drugs-R-Us would like to market their new drug to men with the highest cholesterol. If 1 in 8 men have a cholesterol level above 220, what is the mean cholesterol level for men?
Mean cholesterol for men = ? (mg/dL)