Question

Suppose the number of dropped footballs for a wide receiver, over the course of a season, are normally distributed with a mean of 16 and a standard deviation of 2.

What is the z-score for a wide receiver who dropped 13 footballs over the course of a season?

A. −3
B. −1.5
C. 1.5
D. 3

Answer 1

-1.5

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The z-score is -1.5.

The formula to calculate a z-score is:

`z=(X-\mu)/(\sigma)`

where X is the value we're calculating the z-score for, μ is the mean and σ is the standard deviation.

Using our information we have:

`z=(13-16)/(2)=(-3)/(2)=-1.5`