document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1168013>Question 1168013</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A normal population has a mean of 10.5 and a standard deviation of 2. Refer to the table in Appendix B.1.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. Compute the z-value associated with 14.3. (Round the final answer to 2 decimal places.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b. What proportion of the population is between 10.5 and 14.3? (Round z-score computation to 2 decimal places and the final answer to 4 decimal places.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Proportion           \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c. What proportion of the population is less than 10.0? (Round z-score computation to 2 decimal places and the final answer to 4 decimal places.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #792598 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=792598\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z=(x-mean)/sd<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=3.8/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=1.91\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this is proportion of z-curve between 0 and +1.91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=0.4719\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "less than 10 is z<(-.5/2) or z<-0.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that probability is 0.4013\r<BR>\n" );
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