document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1075236>Question 1075236</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At one university, the students are given z-scores at the end of the semester rather than the traditional GPA's.  A student who received a Z score of 2.0 actually had a GPA score of 3.7.  Given the standard deviation of all GPA's was 0.5, what was the mean GPA? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #689924 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=689924\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z score of 2 means (x-mean)/sd=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3.7-mean)=2*sd=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 3.7-mean=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The mean is GPA score of 2.7 </SPAN>\n" );
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