Given That on One Section of the SAT the Mean

question 9

Multiple Choice

Given that on one section of the SAT the mean is 500 and the standard deviation is 100, what is the approximate probability of a student scoring 300 or lower or 700 or higher on the test?

• A)0.124
• B)0.022
• C)0.045
• D)0.245

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