SOLUTION: a population of 5,000 test scores are found to be normally distributed with a mean if 50 and a standard deviation of 10. What percentage of scores are below 55

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Question 431006: a population of 5,000 test scores are found to be normally distributed with a mean if 50 and a standard deviation of 10.
What percentage of scores are below 55

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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*Note: z+=+blue%28x+-+mu%29%2Fblue%28sigma%29
z =(55-50)/10 = 5/10 = .5
P( x <55) = .6915 69.15% of the scores
Percentage under the graph to the left of the green line: z=.5