A Random Variable Is Normally Distributed with a Mean of -50

question 95

Multiple Choice

A random variable is normally distributed with a mean of -50 and a standard deviation of 10. If an observation is randomly selected from the distribution, what value will be exceeded 10% of the time?

• A) -37.20
• B) -62.80
• C) 62.80
• D) 37.20

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