Posted: November 9th, 2016

Cholesterol levels for women aged 20 to 34 follow an approximately normal distribution with mean 185 milligrams per deciliter(mg/dl).

Cholesterol levels for women aged 20 to 34 follow an approximately normal distribution with mean 185 milligrams per deciliter(mg/dl). Women with cholesterol levels above 220mg/dl are considered to have high cholesterol and about 18.5% of women fall into this category. Find the standard deviation of this distribution.