Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078136334
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Chapter 6 - The Normal Distribution - 6-1 Normal Distribution - Exercises 6-1 - Page 324: 49

Answer

a. $-1.96$ and $1.96$ b. $-1.65$ and $1.65$ c. $-2.58$ and $2.58$

Work Step by Step

a. Half tail area is $0.05/2=0.025$ which corresponds to a z value of $-1.960$, the other z would be $1.960$ b. Half tail area is $0.1/2=0.05$ which corresponds to a z value of $-1.645$, the other z would be $1.645$ c. Half tail area is $0.01/2=0.005$ which corresponds to a z value of $-2.575$, the other z would be $2.575$
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