document.write( "Question 1062482: Some psychologists believe that a genius should be defined as anyone having an IQ over 140. If IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 17 and if the population of the world is 6,575,000,000, how may geniuses are there in the world today? A.24,985,000 B.61,805,000 C.123,000 D.115,000 D.6,575,000 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #677454 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! z=(140-100)/17= \n" ); document.write( "2.35. \n" ); document.write( "Probability z>2.35 is (unrounded) =0.0093 \n" ); document.write( "Multiply that by 6,575,000,000 \n" ); document.write( "There would be 61,013,461. B is closest. \n" ); document.write( "I do not get anything within 500,000 of B, however, no matter how I round. \n" ); document.write( " |