Posted: November 9th, 2016

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.

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.