2x+y = -5. Solve this for y. We get y = -2x - 5. Find y^2: 4x^2 + 20x + 25. Substitute 4x^2 + 20x + 25 for y^2 in the first equation:
x^2 + 4x^2 + 20x + 25 = 25
Then 5x^2 + 20x = 0, so that x = 0. Subst. 0 for x in the 2nd eqn and find the value of y. Write your solutions as shown above: ( , ) and ( , ).
Answer:
17.3 cigarettes represent the 35th percentile
Step-by-step explanation:
Problems of normally distributed samples are solved using the z-score formula.
In a set with mean
and standard deviation
, the zscore of a measure X is given by:

The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this problem, we have that:

What number of cigarettes would represent the 35th percentile?
This is the value of X when Z has a pvalue of 0.35. So it is X when Z = -0.385.
So




17.3 cigarettes represent the 35th percentile
9 9/12 + 7 8/12 = 16 17/12 which converts to your answer----> 17 5/12