The Monthly Earnings of Computer Programmers Are Normally Distributed with a Mean

question 94

Short Answer

The monthly earnings of computer programmers are normally distributed with a mean of $4,000. If only 1.7 percent of programmers have monthly incomes of less than $2,834, what is the value of the standard deviation of the monthly earnings of the computer programmers?

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