Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780077837303
Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 7.4, Problem 13SE
Find the standard normal area for each of the following, showing your reasoning clearly and indicating which table you used.
- a. P(0 < Z < 0.50)
- b. P(−0.50 < Z < 0)
- c. P(Z > 0)
- d. P(Z = 0)
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