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question 50

Multiple Choice

You are watching TV with a friend when there is a special bulletin about a city in California being devastated by an earthquake.The news anchor reports that the epicenter of the earthquake is 45 miles east of Los Angeles.How would you explain the definition of the epicenter to your geologically impaired friend?

• A)The exact location on the fault where slippage occurs
• B)The contact point between two tectonic plates
• C)The location on Earth's surface directly above the point of slippage
• D)The location of migrating magma in the crust

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Definitions:

Values of Z

Refers to the scores derived from a standard normal distribution used in statistical analysis to determine probabilities.

Mean

The average value of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Normal Distribution

An equal-probability distribution around the mean, which shows that instances near the mean happen more frequently than instances far from the mean.

Normal Probability Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing how random variables are distributed.