Find two z values, one positive and one negative, that are equidistant from the mean so that the area in the two tails add up to the following values: a.  5% b. 10% c.  1%

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Find two z values, one positive and one negative, that are equidistant from the mean so that the area in the two tails add up to the following values:

a.  5%

b. 10%

c.  1%

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