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? (b) What was your score if you scored higher than exactly 16% of test takers in the Quantitative Reasoning section?  (c) Out of a group of 210 test takers, about how many do you expect would score between 142 and 160 on the Verbal Reasoning section?

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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?

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

(c) Out of a group of 210 test takers, about how many do you expect would score between 142 and 160 on the Verbal Reasoning section?

(d) Out of a group of 150 test takers, about how many do you expect would score above 157 on the Quantitative Reasoning section?

 

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