IQs measured on a certain scale are normally distributed with a mean of 90 and a variance of 400. whats the probability that a random person will have an IQ between 120 and 130.   the IQ of 51 people was taken, a sample mean of 90 and standard deviation of 64 was obtained. does this support that people tend to have IQs<100? use a 5% level of significance.

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IQs measured on a certain scale are normally distributed with a mean of 90 and a variance of 400. whats the probability that a random person will have an IQ between 120 and 130.

 

the IQ of 51 people was taken, a sample mean of 90 and standard deviation of 64 was obtained. does this support that people tend to have IQs<100? use a 5% level of significance.

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