Explanation Given: The shaded region under the curve is as shown in the figure below, Figure ( 1 ) Approach: The shaded region under the given curve can by determined using table 2 , appendix D . We have to first locate number − 1.7 in the column and the number 0.05 is then located in the row. Both headed by the number Z and read off the number 0

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