The Board of Examiners That Administers the Real Estate Brokerʹs

question 109

Essay

The board of examiners that administers the real estate brokerʹs examination in a certain state found that themean score on the test was 493 and the standard deviation was 72. If the board wants to set the passing scoreso that only the best 10% of all applicants pass, what is the passing score? Assume that the scores are normallydistributed.

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