Given That Z Is a Standard Normal Variable, and P(Z

question 123

Multiple Choice

Given that Z is a standard normal variable, and P(Z b) = 0.2580, which of these values is b?

• A) -0.65
• B) 0.242
• C) 0.70
• D) 0.758

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