SOLUTION: Two students take a college entrance exam known to have a normal distribution of scores. The students receive raw scores of 63 and 93, which correspond to z scores (often called th

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Question 353733: Two students take a college entrance exam known to have a normal distribution of scores. The students receive raw scores of 63 and 93, which correspond to z scores (often called the standardized scores) of –1 and 1.5, respectively. Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution of raw exam scores.

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z=%28x-mu%29%2Fsigma
-1=%2863-mu%29%2Fsigma
1.5=%2893-mu%29%2Fsigma
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1.-sigma%2Bmu=63
2.1.5%2Asigma%2Bmu=93
Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2,
1.5%2Asigma%2Bmu%2Bsigma-mu=93-63
2.5%2Asigma=30
highlight%28sigma=12%29
Then use either equation to solve for mu.
-12%2Bmu=63
highlight%28mu=75%29