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(a)
To Calculate: the percent of the students spent between $215 and $395 on text-books that quarter.
(a)
Answer to Problem 3.47RE
68%
Explanation of Solution
The student spent between $215 and $395 is one standard deviation below and above the mean. This is 68% of the students are between $215 and $395.
(b)
To Calculate: the standard score her and percent of the students spent less than she did on textbooks that quarter.
(b)
Answer to Problem 3.47RE
Z-score = -0.20
42.07%
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Formula used:
Calculation:
Raw containing the correct integer 10th of z score (-0.2) and the column containing the corresponding 100th of z score (0.00) so the percent less than the z-score is
0.4207 Or 42.07%
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