Thursday, July 8, 2010

Statistics Problems. I

The scores on a university examination are Normally distributed with a mean of 62 and a standard deviation of 11. If the bottom 5% of students will fail the course, what is the lowest mark that a student can have and still be awarded a passing grade?



This question asks you find the score so that 5% of the scores are below that value.



General Idea: Convert a z-score after finding it, given a certain percentage.



Help please.
You require that P(X

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