A Large Number of Applicants for Admission to Graduate Study

question 71

Multiple Choice

A large number of applicants for admission to graduate study in business are given an aptitude test. Scores are normally distributed with a mean of 460 and standard deviation of 80. What fraction of applicants would you expect to have scores of 600 or above?

• A)0.0401
• B)0.4599
• C)0.5401
• D)0.0852

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