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24) The acidity of human blood, measured on a pH scale, is a normal random variable with a mean of 7.4 and standard deviation of 0.12.
Find the probability that the acidity of a person's blood has a pH greater than 7.5.
A. 0.1587
B. 0.7967
C. 0.8300
D. 0.1700
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