Answered: (a) What proportion of students taking…

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.4: Collecting Data

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Almost all medical schools in the United States require students to take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). A new version of the exam was introduced in spring 20152015 and is intended to shift the focus from what applicants know to how well they can use what they know. One result of the change is that the scale on which the exam is graded has been modified, with the total score of the four sections on the test ranging from 472472 to 528528 . In spring 20152015 the mean score was 500.0500.0 with a standard deviation of 10.610.6 .

Use Table A to find the answers to the two questions.

(a) What proportion of students taking the MCAT had a score over 518518 ? Compute the proportion and then enter the answer as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.

percentage over 518518 =

(b) What proportion of students taking the MCAT had scores between 515 and 520? Compute the proportion and then enter the answer as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.

percentage between 515 and 520

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