In a recent year, the ACT scores for high school students with a 3.50 to 4.00 grade point average were normally distributed, with a mean of 25.7 and a standard deviation of 3.3. a) If a state university automatically admits the top 7% of students, what is the least score that a student can receive and still be admitted? b) In this same university, a student becomes ineligible for admission if he/she scores in the bottom 12%. What is the minimum score that a student needs to be eligible for admission? c) Find the probability that a randomly chosen high school student has an ACT score between 23 and 29.1.

In a recent year, the ACT scores for high school students with a 3.50 to 4.00 grade point average were normally distributed, with a mean of 25.7 and a standard deviation of 3.3. a) If a state university automatically admits the top 7% of students, what is the least score that a student can receive and still be admitted? b) In this same university, a student becomes ineligible for admission if he/she scores in the bottom 12%. What is the minimum score that a student needs to be eligible for admission? c) Find the probability that a randomly chosen high school student has an ACT score between 23 and 29.1.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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