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| Question 153427:  Can somone please tell me how to do this i am so confused.
 Let X be a random variable that represents the length of time it takes a student to write a term paper for Dr. Adam's Sociology class.  After interviewing many students, it was found that X has an approximately normal distribution with mean U = 6.8 hours and standard deviation O=2.1 hours.
 Convert each of the following X intervals to standardized Z intervals:
 a) x is less than or equal to 7.5
 b) 5 is less than or equal to X is less than or equa to 8
 c)  x is greater than or equal to 4
 Convert each of the following z intervals to raw score X intervals
 d) z is greater than or equal to -2
 e) 0 is less than or equal to Z is less than or equal to 2
 f) Z is less than or equal to 3
 Thank you for your help in advance
 jill
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! After interviewing many students, it was found that X has an approximately normal distribution with mean U = 6.8 hours and standard deviation O=2.1 hours. Convert each of the following X intervals to standardized Z intervals:
 a) x is less than or equal to 7.5
 Find the z score of 7.5
 z(7.5) = (7.5-6.8)/2.1 = 0.333333...
 z-interval: z <= 0.33333....
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 b) 5 is less than or equal to X is less than or equal to 8
 z(5) = (5-6.8)/2.1 = -0.8571...
 z(8) = (8-6.8)/2.1 = 0.5714...
 z-interval: (-0.8571 < z < 0.5714)
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 c) x is greater than or equal to 4
 Find z(4) then write the z-interval.
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 Convert each of the following z intervals to raw score X intervals
 d) z is greater than or equal to -2
 x(z) = sigma*z + u
 x(-2) = 2.1*-2 + 6.8 = 2.6
 x-interval: x >= 2.6
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 e) 0 is less than or equal to Z is less than or equal to 2
 x(0) = 2.1*0 + 6.8 = 6.8
 x(2) = 2.1*2 + 6.8 = 11
 x-interval : 6.8 <= x <= 11
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 f) Z is less than or equal to 3
 Use the same process on this problem.
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
 
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