The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 3 - The Normal Distributions - Chapter 3 Exercises - Page 97: 3.39a

Answer

20th percentile (20.33%)

Work Step by Step

$(37.2-39.1)/2.3 = z$ $-1.9/2.3 = z$ $-.826 = z$ (rounded to -.83) .2033 is the value for z = -.83
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