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document.write( "Professor Bartrich has 184 students in her math class. The scores on the final exam are normally distributed and have a mean of 72.3 and a standard deviation of 8.9. How many students in the class can be expected to receive a score between 82 and 90? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #242991 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Please help me solve this word problem: \n" ); document.write( "Professor Bartrich has 184 students in her math class. The scores on the final exam are normally distributed and have a mean of 72.3 and a standard deviation of 8.9. How many students in the class can be expected to receive a score between 82 and 90? \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "Find the z-score of 82 and of 90. \n" ); document.write( "z(82) = (82-72.3)/8.9 = 1.09 \n" ); document.write( "z(90) = (90-72.3)/8.9 = 1.99 \n" ); document.write( "------------------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "P(82<= x <=90) = P(1.09<= z <=1.99) = normalcdf(1.09,1.99) = 0.1146 \n" ); document.write( "======================================================================= \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |