document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1190921>Question 1190921</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Commute times (amounts of time it takes people to commute from home to work) of people in a small town are normally distributed with a mean of 35 minutes and a standard deviation of 9.7 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the z-score that corressponds to the 90 th percentile. Round your answer to two decimal places.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the commute time in the normal distribution above that corressponds to the 90 th percentile. Round your answer to one decimal place. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #822705 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=822705\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> z(0.90)=1.28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z*sigma=(x-mean)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12.42=(x-35)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=47.42 min or 47.4 minutes </SPAN>\n" );
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