document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=297732>Question 297732</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Given a normally distributed population with a mean of 30 and a standard deviation of 8 what percentage of the population will be found above 26? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the z-value of 26.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z(26) = (26-30)/8 = -0.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then P(x > 26) = P(z > -0.5) = normalcdf(-0.5,100) = 0.6915<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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