Question

the final exam scores in a science class were normally distributed with a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of seven. find the probability that a randomly selected student scored more than 70 on the exam. round your answer to four decimal places.

Answer 1

Explanation:

We can use the standard normal distribution to solve this problem by standardizing the score.

z = (x - mu) / sigma

Where:

x = 70 (score we are interested in)

mu = 60 (mean score)

sigma = 7 (standard deviation)

z = (70 - 60) / 7 = 1.43

Using a standard normal distribution table or calculator, we can find the probability that z is greater than 1.43. The probability is approximately 0.0764.

Therefore, the probability that a randomly selected student scored more than 70 on the exam is 0.0764 (or about 7.64%).