A University in Your Region Estimates That Graduating Average of High

question 12

Multiple Choice

A university in your region estimates that graduating average of high school students who apply for admission to a particular university program can be described by a Normal model with a mean of 82% and a standard deviation of 5%.The staff in admissions opens the applications at random looking for 10 applicants with averages above 85%.How many applications do you think the staff will need to open?

• A)About 36 applications
• B)About 21 applications
• C)About 10 applications
• D)About 28 applications
• E)About 14 applications

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Definitions:

Cephalosporins

A class of antibiotic drugs used to treat a wide variety of bacterial infections, operating by disturbing the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall.

Penicillins

A group of antibiotics derived from Penicillium fungi, used to treat bacterial infections.

Pharmacotherapeutics

The study of how drugs are used to treat disease; also called clinical pharmacology.

Pharmacodynamics

The study of what drugs do to the body: the mechanism of action, or how they work to produce a therapeutic effect.