document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=866773>Question 866773</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me solve this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The combined math verbal scores for students taking a national standardized examination for college, is normally distributed with a mean of 530 and a standard deviation of 180. If a college requires a minimum of 1000 for admission, what percentage of student do not satisfy that requirement?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "standard deviation is 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z-score for this test is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z = (1000 - 530) / 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "you get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z = 2.611111<BR>\n" );
document.write( "round this off to 2.61 because the z-score tables only go to 2 decimal places.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "look that z-score up in the z-score table and you will see that the area to the left of that z-score in the table is equal to .9955.  this means that 99.55% of the students would not be able to pass the minimum requirements for admission to that school.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the z-score table is can be found at the following link:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<a  rel=nofollow HREF= \"http://lilt.ilstu.edu/dasacke/eco148/ztable.htm\" target = \"_blank\">http://lilt.ilstu.edu/dasacke/eco148/ztable.htm</a><BR>\n" );
document.write( "scroll down the left column until you reach 2.6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "scroll to the right on that row until you reach the column with the heading of .01.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number shown should be equal to .9955<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that number is in the second column to the right of the first column.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in this particular table, the number shown is the area to the left of the indicated z-score.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply that number by 100 and that number is telling you the percent of the population that has a z-score less than the indicated z-score.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a z-score less than 2.61 means a raw score less than 1000 in this problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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