SOLUTION: A highly selective boarding school will only admit students who place at least 1.5 z-scores above the mean on a standardized test that has a mean of 110 and a standard deviation of

Question 329675: A highly selective boarding school will only admit students who place at least 1.5 z-scores above the mean on a standardized test that has a mean of 110 and a standard deviation of 12. What is the minimum score that an applicant must make on the test to be accepted?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A highly selective boarding school will only admit students who place at least 1.5 z-scores above the mean on a standardized test that has a mean of 110 and a standard deviation of 12. What is the minimum score that an applicant must make on the test to be accepted?
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Use x = zs+u to solve for "x":
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x = 1.5*12 + 110
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x = 18+110
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x = 128
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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