document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=597302>Question 597302</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a set of data is distributed with a mean of 98 and a standard deviation of 5. What is the probability that a value from the data is less than 88? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "z(88) = (88-98)/5 = --2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(x < 88) = P(z < -2) = 0.0228<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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