SOLUTION: Score in college admission test has mean score of 70 and a standard deviation of 10. Brian's score is 85. Assume that the scores are approximately normally distributed. What us Bri

Question 1193537: Score in college admission test has mean score of 70 and a standard deviation of 10. Brian's score is 85. Assume that the scores are approximately normally distributed. What us Brian's percentile rank? If 5,000 examinees took test, approximately how many of them scored higher than Brian?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Brian is 1.5 sd above the mean, 15/10
This is the 93.32 percentile; that per cent below him, 0.0668 above.
carried over 5000 people there are 334 above him, the product of 5000*0.0668.
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