What percent of the babies born at 36 weeks gestation period have a low birth weight (under
Question:
What percent of the babies born at 36 weeks gestation period have a low birth weight (under 5.5 pounds)?
Describe the weights of the top 10% of the babies born at 32-35 weeks gestation.
What is the probability that a baby born at 40 weeks gestation will weigh between 6 and 9 pounds at birth?
A birth weight of less than 3.3 pounds is classified by the NCHS as a "very low birth weight." What is the probability that a baby has a very low birth weight at 27 weeks? At 37 weeks?
A baby is born at 34 weeks gestation and weighs 5 pounds and 11 ounces. Is this an unusual outcome? Why or why not?
Gestation Period | Mean birth weight | Standard deviation |
Under 28 weeks | 1.88 | 1.19 |
28 to 31 weeks | 4.07 | 1.87 |
32 to 35 weeks | 5.73 | 1.48 |
36 weeks | 6.46 | 1.2 |
37 to 39 weeks | 7.33 | 1.09 |
40 weeks | 7.72 | 1.05 |
41 weeks | 7.83 | 1.08 |
42 weeks and over | 7.65 | 1.12 |
Finite Mathematics and Its Applications
ISBN: 978-0134768632
12th edition
Authors: Larry J. Goldstein, David I. Schneider, Martha J. Siegel, Steven Hair