The average American man consumes 9.5 grams of sodium each day. Suppose that the sodium consumption of American men is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 1 grams. Suppose an American man is randomly chosen. Let X = the amount of sodium consumed. Round all numeric answers to 4 decimal places where possible. a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N(,) b. Find the probability that this American man consumes between 8.8 and 10.5 grams of sodium per day. c. The middle 20% of American men consume between what two weights of sodium? Low: High:

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.