Professors at a Local University Earn an Average Salary of $80,000

question 43

Multiple Choice

Professors at a local university earn an average salary of $80,000 with a standard deviation of $6,000. The salary distribution is approximately bell-shaped. What can be said about the percentage of salaries that are at least $74,000?

• A) It is about 68%.
• B) It is about 84%.
• C) It is about 95%.
• D) It is about 97.5%.

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