SOLUTION: Since 1900, the magnitude of earthquakes that measure .1 or higher on the Richter Scale in California is distributed approximately normally, with mean 6.2 and standard deviation .5

Question 443942: Since 1900, the magnitude of earthquakes that measure .1 or higher on the Richter Scale in California is distributed approximately normally, with mean 6.2 and standard deviation .5, according to the US Geological Survey.
a. Determine the 40th percentile of the magnitude of earthquakes in California_______
b. Determine an interval for the magnitude of earthquakes that make up the middle 85% of magnitudes for this normally distributed distribution.
(_______, ______)

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6.07
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