Assume that the red blood cell counts of women are normally distributed with a mean of 4.577 million cells per microliter and a standard deviation of 0.382 million cells per microliter. Find the 80^th percentile for the red blood cell counts of women.

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The 80th percentile corresponds to a z-score of approximately 0.84. Using the formula X = μ + zσ, where μ = 4.577 and σ = 0.382, the calculation gives X ≈ 4.898 million cells per microliter.

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