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document.write( "z = (distance from mean)/(standard deviation)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-0.5 = -6/s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = -6/-0.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s = 12<BR>\n" );
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