document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1166922>Question 1166922</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The distribution of scores on a standardized aptitude test is approximately normal with a mean of 520 and a standard deviation of 95. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the minimum score needed to be in the top 15% on this test? Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places, and round your answer to the nearest integer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The distribution of scores on a standardized aptitude test is approximately normal with a mean of 520 and a standard deviation of 95.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the minimum score needed to be in the top 15% on this test? Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places, and round your answer to the nearest integer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The other &nbsp;\" tutor \" &nbsp;(which is an &nbsp;Artificial &nbsp;Intelligence, &nbsp;I think - it is why I write <BR>\n" );
document.write( "here &nbsp;\" tutor \" &nbsp;in quotation marks) &nbsp;obtained the value for the score to be &nbsp;618.458<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and then rounded it to the &nbsp;\" nearest integer \" &nbsp;618.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In this problem, &nbsp;such rounding is a &nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28highlight%28MISTAKE%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28highlight%28MISTAKE%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >:  &nbsp;to be in the top &nbsp;15%,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the rounding should go to the nearest &nbsp;<U>GREATER</U> &nbsp;integer number, &nbsp;which is &nbsp;619.<BR>\n" );
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