SOLUTION: Consider a normal distribution with a mean of 10 and standard deviation of 25. What’s the Z score for the value of 35?

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Question 976720: Consider a normal distribution with a mean of 10 and standard deviation of 25. What’s the Z score for the value of 35?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given Info:
x = 35
mu = 10
sigma = 25


Use the given info to compute the z-score


z = (x-mu)/sigma
z = (35-10)/25
z = 25/25
z = 1


If the raw score is x = 35, then the z-score is z = 1. We can say "the raw score is 1 standard deviation above the mean".