A variable is normally distributed with a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 4.   a. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that lie between 10 and 23. b. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that are at least 7. c. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that are at most 8.

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A variable is normally distributed with a mean of 15 and a standard deviation of 4.
 
a. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that lie between 10 and 23.
b. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that are at least 7.
c. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that are at most 8.
0.09 0.08
0.07 0.06 0.05
0.04 0.03 0.02
0.01
0.00
0.0000*
-3.9
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
-3.8
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001
-3.7
0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0002 0.0002
-3.6
0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002 0.0002
-3.5
0.0002 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003 0.0003
-3.4
0.0003 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0004 0.0005 0.0005 0.0005
-33
0.0005 0.0005 0.0005 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0006 0.0007 0.0007
-3.2
0.0007 0.0007 0.0008 0.0008 0.0008 0.0008 0.0009 0.0009 0.0009 0.0010
-3.1
0.0010 0.0010 0.0011 0.001l 0.0011 0.0012 0.0012 0.0013 0.0013 0.0013
-3.0
0.0014 0.0014 0.0015 0.0015 0.0016 0.0016 0.0017 0.0018 0.0018 0.0019
-2.9
-2.8
0.0019 0.0020 0.0021 0.0021 0.0022 0.0023 0.0023 0.0024 0.0025 0.0026
0.0026 0.0027 0.0028 0.0029 0.0030 0.0031 0.0032 0.0033 0.0034 0.0035
-2.7
-2.6
0.0036 0.0037 0.0038 0.0039 0.0040 0.0041 0.0043 0.0044 0.0045 0.0047
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A variable is normally distributed with mean 15 and standard deviation 4.
a. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that lie between 10 and 23.
b. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that are at least 7.
c. Find the percentage of all possible values of the variable that are at most 8.
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