document.write( "Question 481880: SAT I scores around the nation tend to have a mean scale score around 500, a standard deviation of about 100 points, and are approximately normally distributed. What SAT I score within the population would have a percentile rank of approximately 16? Show all work as to how this is obtained.
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( " 16% or P = .16, z = -.9945
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document.write( " z = (x-μ)/σ
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document.write( " 100*(-.9945) + 500 = 500-99.45 = 400.55  OR 401 SAT score. \n" );
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