document.write( "Question 1183992: Scores for a particular standardized test are normally distributed with a mean of 80 and a
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document.write( "standard deviation of 14. Find the probability that a randomly chosen score is
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document.write( "i. No greater than 70
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document.write( "ii. At least 95
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document.write( "iii. Between 70 and 95
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document.write( "iv. A student was told that her percentile score on this exam is 72%. Approximately
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document.write( "what is her raw score? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #814530 by Edwin McCravy(20054)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! i. No greater than 70 \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "On your TI-84, \r\n" ); document.write( "press 2ND \r\n" ); document.write( "press VARS\r\n" ); document.write( "press 2\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Make the screen read: \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " normalcdf\r\n" ); document.write( "lower:-9999999\r\n" ); document.write( "upper:70\r\n" ); document.write( "μ:80\r\n" ); document.write( "σ:14 \r\n" ); document.write( "Paste\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Scroll down with the down arrow to Paste\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Press ENTER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Read on the screen\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "normalcdf(-9999999,70,80,14)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Press ENTER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Read 0.2375251875 round to 0.2375\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------------\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "ii. At least 95 \r\n" ); document.write( "Same as above except\r\n" ); document.write( "lower:95\r\n" ); document.write( "upper:99999999 \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Read 0.1419884174 round to 0.1420\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "iii. Between 70 and 95 \r\n" ); document.write( "Same as above except\r\n" ); document.write( "lower:70\r\n" ); document.write( "upper:95\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "-------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "iv. A student was told that her percentile score on this exam is 72%. Approximately \n" ); document.write( "what is her raw score? \r\n" ); document.write( "On your TI-84, \r\n" ); document.write( "press 2ND \r\n" ); document.write( "press VARS\r\n" ); document.write( "press 3\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Make the screen read: \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " invnorm\r\n" ); document.write( "area:0.72\r\n" ); document.write( "μ:80\r\n" ); document.write( "σ:14 \r\n" ); document.write( "Paste\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Scroll down with the down arrow to Paste\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Press ENTER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Read on the screen\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "invNorm(0.72,80,14)\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Press ENTER\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Read 88.15978103 Round to 88.16 or as your teacher tells you.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |