The undergraduate grade point averages (UGPA) of students taking an admissions test in a recent year can be approximated by a normal distribution, as shown in the figure. (a) What is the minimum UGPA that would still place a student in the top 5% of UGPAS? (b) Between what two values does the middle 50% of the UGPAS lie? u=3.30 o=0.16 26 Grade point average 3.30 (a) The minimum UGPA that would still place a student in the top 5% of UGPAS is (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (b) The middle 509% of UGPAS lies between (Round to two decimal places as needed.) on the low end and on the high end.
Continuous Probability Distributions
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Normal Distribution
Suppose we had to design a bathroom weighing scale, how would we decide what should be the range of the weighing machine? Would we take the highest recorded human weight in history and use that as the upper limit for our weighing scale? This may not be a great idea as the sensitivity of the scale would get reduced if the range is too large. At the same time, if we keep the upper limit too low, it may not be usable for a large percentage of the population!
![The undergraduate grade point averages (UGPA) of students taking an admissions test in a recent year can be approximated
by a normal distribution, as shown in the figure.
(a) What is the minimum UGPA that would still place a student in the top 5% of UGPAS?
(b) Between what two values does the middle 50% of the UGPAS lie?
H=3.30
lo=0.16
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Grade point average
3.30
(a) The minimum UGPA that would still place a student in the top 5% of UGPAS is
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
(b) The middle 50% of UGPAS lies between on the low end and
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
on the high end.
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