SOLUTION: given a normal distribution with a mean of 6000and a standard deviation 1500 what is the minimum score necessary to be in the top 35%

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Question 412457: given a normal distribution with a mean of 6000and a standard deviation 1500 what is the minimum score necessary to be in the top 35%
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Hi

given a normal distribution with a mean of 6000 and standard diviation 1500

 what score is at the 30th percentile?

*Note: z+=+blue%28x+-+mu%29%2Fblue%28sigma%29

      .8023 = (x -6000)/1500   |NORMSDIST(0.85) = .8023

     .8023*1500 + 6000 = x =  7203.43  or 7204