Police Academy Acceptance Exams To qualify for a police academy, applicants are given a test of physical fitness. The scores are normally distributed with a mean of 63 and a standard deviation of 15. If only the top 15% of the applicants are selected, find the cutoff score. Round z-value calculations to 2 decimal places and the final answer up to the nearest whole number. Im Cutoff score =

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Police Academy Acceptance Exams To qualify for a police academy, applicants are given a test of physical fitness. The scores
are normally distributed with a mean of 63 and a standard deviation of 15. If only the top 15% of the applicants are selected,
find the cutoff score. Round z-value calculations to 2 decimal places and the final answer up to the nearest whole number.
Cutoff score =
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to qualify for a police academy, applicants are given a test of physical fitness. The scores are normally distributed with a mean of  66 and a standard deviation of 10 . If only the top 13% of the applicants are selected, find the cutoff score. Round z-value calculations to 2 decimal places and the final answer up to the nearest whole number.

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