document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1120397>Question 1120397</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a recent year, a sample of grade 8 Washington State public school students taking a mathematics assessment test had a mean score of 281 with a standard deviation of 34.4. Possible test scores could range from 0 to 500.  Assume that the scores are normally distributed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the probability that a student scored higher than 315. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "z>(315-281)/34.4 or 0.99<BR>\n" );
document.write( "probability is 0.1611 </SPAN>\n" );
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