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Medication used to treat a certain condition is administered by syringe. The target dose in a particular application is µ. Because of the variations in the syringe, in reading the scale, and in mixing the fluid suspension, the actual dose administered is
a. What is the
b. If X represents the dose administered, find the value of z so that
c. If the mean dose is 10 mg, the variance is 2.6 mg2, and a clinical overdose is defined as a dose larger than 15 mg, what is the probability that a patient will receive an overdose?
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