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

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Chapter 6 - The Normal Distribution - 6-2 Applications of the Normal Distribution - Exercises 6-2 - Page 340: 31

Answer

a. $\mu=120, \sigma=20$ b. $\mu=15, \sigma=2.5$ c. $\mu=30, \sigma=5$

Work Step by Step

The center of the curve is the mean, the difference between the mean and the first left or right vertical line is the standard deviation. a. $\mu=120, \sigma=140-120=20$ b. $\mu=15, \sigma=17.5-15=2.5$ c. $\mu=30, \sigma=35-30=5$
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