On a Test with a Population Mean of 75 and Standard

question 53

Multiple Choice

On a test with a population mean of 75 and standard deviation equal to 16, if the scores are normally distributed, what is the percentile rank of a score of 56?

• A) 58.30
• B) 0.00
• C) 25.27
• D) 38.30
• E) 11.70

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