The marks of the students in a class are normally distributed with mean 70 and S.D. of 5. If the instructor decides to give 'A’ grade to the top 15% students of the class, how many marks a student must get to be able to get ʼA’ grade?

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The marks of the students in a class are normally distributed with mean 70 and S.D. of 5. If the
instructor decides to give 'A' grade to the top 15% students of the class, how many marks a student
must get to be able to get 'A’ grade?
Transcribed Image Text:The marks of the students in a class are normally distributed with mean 70 and S.D. of 5. If the instructor decides to give 'A' grade to the top 15% students of the class, how many marks a student must get to be able to get 'A’ grade?
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