An instructor in a large lecture class found, at the end of the semester, that the total point distribution in his class was approximately Normal, with a mean of 530 and a standard deviation of 80. About what percent scored between 490 and 590? 30.9% 77.3% 46.5%

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Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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An instructor in a large lecture class found, at the end of the semester, that the total point distribution in his class was
approximately Normal, with a mean of 530 and a standard deviation of 80. About what percent scored between 490 and
590?
30.9%
77.3%
46.5%
Transcribed Image Text:An instructor in a large lecture class found, at the end of the semester, that the total point distribution in his class was approximately Normal, with a mean of 530 and a standard deviation of 80. About what percent scored between 490 and 590? 30.9% 77.3% 46.5%
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Given Data:

Let X represent the total point distribution

 

Mean=530

Standard deviation=80

 

X~ Normal (530,802)

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