document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=928886>Question 928886</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A man reports the final scores in his statistics course are normally distributed with a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 5. He assigns grades such that the top 15% of the students receive an A. What is the lowest score a student can receive to earn an A? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "5(invNorm(.85) + 72 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(1.0364) + 72 = 77.182<BR>\n" );
document.write( "78 is the lowest score a student can receive to earn an A </SPAN>\n" );
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