Recall that on the GRE, the mean for the Verbal Reasoning section was 151 with a standard deviation of 9, and the mean score for the Quantitative Reasoning was 153 with a standard deviation of 2.   (a) What was the minimum score would you need to get to be in the top 2.5% of test takers for the Verbal Reasoning section? equation editor Equation Editor   (b) What was your score if you scored higher than exactly 16% of test takers in the Quantitative Reasoning section? equation editor Equation Editor   (c) Out of a group of 170 test takers, about how many do you expect would score between 142 and 160 on the Verbal Reasoning section? equation editor Equation Editor (Remember to round to the nearest whole person)

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Recall that on the GRE, the mean for the Verbal Reasoning section was 151 with a standard deviation of 9, and the mean score for the Quantitative Reasoning was 153 with a standard deviation of 2.

 

(a) What was the minimum score would you need to get to be in the top 2.5% of test takers for the Verbal Reasoning section?

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(b) What was your score if you scored higher than exactly 16% of test takers in the Quantitative Reasoning section?

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(c) Out of a group of 170 test takers, about how many do you expect would score between 142 and 160 on the Verbal Reasoning section?

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(Remember to round to the nearest whole person)

 

(d) Out of a group of 250 test takers, about how many do you expect would score above 157 on the Quantitative Reasoning section?

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(Remember to round to the nearest whole person)

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