document.write( "Question 380419: To qualify for security officers training, recruits are tested for stress tolerance. The scores are normally distributed, with a mean of 62 and a standard deviation of 8. If the only top 15% of recruits are selected, find the cut off score. \n" ); document.write( "

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Find the z score that has a probability of $\"0.85\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( " $\"P%28z%29=0.85\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Using EXCEL NORMSINV function,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"z=1.036433\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"z=%28x-mu%29%2Fsigma\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x-62%29%2F8%3E1.036433\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x-62%3E8.29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28x%3E70.29%29\"$
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