SOLUTION: The graduate selection committee wants to select the top10% of applicants on standardize test with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100, what would be the cutoff score for

Question 306569: The graduate selection committee wants to select the top10% of applicants on standardize test with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100, what would be the cutoff score for selecting the top 10% of applicants, assuming that the standardize test is normally distributed?
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The graduate selection committee wants to select the top10% of applicants on standardize test with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100, what would be the cutoff score for selecting the top 10% of applicants, assuming that the standardize test is normally distributed?
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Find the z-value that has a right tail of 10%.
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Ans: z = 1.282
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Find the corresponding x-value:
x = zs+u
x = 1.282*100+500
x = 628.2
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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