A large number of students took a departmental math test 6.5% of students scored  88 or more from the scale of 100. The scores have a bell-shaped distribution with a standard deviation of  8.2 If the minimum score to pass the test is  62 what fraction of the students failed the test? a 0.0488 b 0.0542 c 0.0602 d 0.0719

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30 A large number of students took a departmental math test
6.5% of students scored  88 or more from the scale of 100.
The scores have a bell-shaped distribution with a standard deviation of  8.2
If the minimum score to pass the test is  62 what fraction of the students failed the test?
a 0.0488
b 0.0542
c 0.0602
d 0.0719
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