document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=729657>Question 729657</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, I have had this question a couple of times now and can't figure it out. Help Please!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mrs. Smith's reading class can read a mean of 175 words per minute with a standard deviation of 20 words per minute. The top 3% of the class is to receive a special award. Assuming that the distribution of words read per minute are normally distributed, what is the minimum number of words per minute a student would have to read in order to get the award? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the z-value with a right tail of 3%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "|invNorm(0.03)| = 1.8808<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the corresponding wpm number using x = z*s + u<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "wpm = 1.8808*20+175 = 213 when rounded up.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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