In a population of high school students’ algebra scores, the mean is 64 and the standard deviation is 6. Find the z values that correspond to a score x = 81.

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1. In a population of high school students’ algebra scores, the mean is 64 and the standard deviation is 6. Find the z values that correspond to a score x = 81. 


2. In a certain university, the students were informed that they need a grade in the top 8% of the engineering students to get a scholarship for the next semester. In the standardization of the test, the mean was 76 and the standard deviation is 14. Assuming that the grade is normally distributed, what must be the minimum grade to obtain the scholarship grant.

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