Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780134683416
Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 1TY
  1. 1. Find the z-score that has 96.16% of the distribution’s area to its right.
  2. 2. Find the positive z-score for which 95% of the distribution’s area lies between –z and z.
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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (7th Edition)

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