SOLUTION: Find the area under the normal distribution curve to the right of z = –1.03. Can you explain this for me?

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Question 157889: Find the area under the normal distribution curve to the right of z = –1.03.
Can you explain this for me?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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The normal distribution curve has the formula,
P%28z%29=%281%2Fsqrt%282%2Api%29%29e%5E%28%28-1%2F2%29%2Az%5E2%29%29

The area under the entire curve from z=-infinity to z=infinity
equals 1.
Since the curve is symmetric, the area at from z=-infinity to z=0 would be 1/2.
For the value of Z=-1.03, the area equals 0.1515.
There are tables that have values of area under the curve based on the z value.
Instead of tables, you can also use the EXCEL function NORMSDIST to calculate the value also (NORMSDIST(-1.03)=0.1515).