Introductory Statistics
1st Edition
ISBN: 9781938168208
Author: Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean
Publisher: OpenStax College
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Chapter 6, Problem 16P
Suppose X~ N(8, 1). ‘What value of x has a z-score of —2.25?
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