Scores on a certain nationwide college entrance examination follow a normal distribution with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Find the probability that a student will score

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
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(d)
If a school only admits students who score over 680, what proportion of the students
pool would be eligible for admission?
(e)
(f)
What limit (score) would you set that makes the top 20% of the students eligible?
(Choose closest number in table. Do not interpolate).
i.
Answer:
If 16 examinations are selected at random and their mean is calculated,
ii.
what is the expected average score?
Answer:
Answer:
what is the standard deviation for the average score?
Answer:
Transcribed Image Text:(d) If a school only admits students who score over 680, what proportion of the students pool would be eligible for admission? (e) (f) What limit (score) would you set that makes the top 20% of the students eligible? (Choose closest number in table. Do not interpolate). i. Answer: If 16 examinations are selected at random and their mean is calculated, ii. what is the expected average score? Answer: Answer: what is the standard deviation for the average score? Answer:
1.
Scores on a certain nationwide college entrance examination follow a normal
distribution with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Find the probability
that a student will score
Transcribed Image Text:1. Scores on a certain nationwide college entrance examination follow a normal distribution with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Find the probability that a student will score
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