Given That on One Section of the SAT the Mean

question 36

Multiple Choice

Given that on one section of the SAT the mean is 500 and the standard deviation is 100,what is the approximate probability of a student scoring 400 or lower on the test?

• A).84
• B).50
• C).16
• D).34

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