A Normal Population Has a Mean $\mu = 40$ And Standard Deviation

question 42

Multiple Choice

A normal population has a mean $\mu = 40$ and standard deviation $\sigma = 11$ . What proportion of the population is between 24 and $32 ?$

• A) 0.8408
• B) 0.0735
• C) 0.1592
• D) 0.2327

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