Consider a Population of 900 Values That Are Normally Distributed

question 34

Multiple Choice

Consider a population of 900 values that are normally distributed with a mean of 90 and standard deviation of 6. What proportion of values are larger than 78?

• A) 0.0228
• B) 0.8666
• C) 0.9772
• D) 0.9975

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