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To be eligible for further consideration, applicants for certain civil service positions must first pass a written qualifying examination on which a score of 80 or more must be obtained. In a recent examination, it was found that the scores were normally distributed with a mean of 75 points and a standard deviation of 5 points. Determine the percentage of applicants who passed the written qualifying examination. (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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Let X denote the score on qualifying exam. Given that X follows N(mean = 75, SD = 5), then

Z = (X - mean)/SD follows N(0,1)

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