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 99: 3.54

Answer

$-1.28\sigma$, $1.28\sigma$

Work Step by Step

The B/C cutoff has an area of 0.10 to the left. Use a z-table (inverse mode), we can find $z\approx-1.28\sigma$ The A/B cutoff has an area of 0.90 to the left. Use a z-table (inverse mode), we can find $z\approx1.28\sigma$
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