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: 38

Answer

$X_A=76.45$ $X_B=68.42$ $X_C=51.58$ $X_D=43.55$

Work Step by Step

As shown in the figure, given $\mu=60,\sigma=10$ and the probability to the left of each boundary $P(A)=1-0.05=0.95,P(B)=P(A)-0.15=0.80$, $P(C)=P(B)-0.6=0.2, P(D)=P(C)-0.15=0.05$ Use Table E to get the z-values for each probability: $z_A=1.645,z_B=0.842,z_C=-0.842,z_D=-1.645$ Using formula $z=\frac{X-\mu}{\sigma}$, we can get $X=\mu+z\sigma$ for each $X_A=60+1.645\times10=76.45$ $X_B=60+0.842\times10=68.42$ $X_C=60-0.842\times10=51.58$ $X_D=60-1.645\times10=43.55$ The above numbers give the scores that divide the distribution into those categories.
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