document.write( "Question 335444: A person must score in the upper 2% of the population on an IQ test to qualify for membership in Mensa. If IQ scores are normally ldistributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, what score must a person have to qualify for Mensa? \n" ); document.write( "
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\"P%28z%29=0.98\"
\n" ); document.write( "Using EXCEL's NORMSINV function with an argument of \"0.98\", I got \"z=2.05375\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"z=%28x-mu%29%2Fsigma\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-100%29%2F15=2.054\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x-100=30.81\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=130.81\" or rounded up,
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=131\"
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