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A normally distributed dataset has a mean of 20and a standard deviation of 25. What is theprobability that a randomly selected variable fromthis dataset is positive?

A normally distributed dataset has a mean of 20and a standard deviation of 25. What-example-1
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The probability that a randomly selected variable is positive is the same as P(X>0).

The z-score for X=0 is:


z=(X-\mu)/(\sigma)=(0-20)/(25)=(-20)/(25)=-(4)/(5)=-0.8.

From the standard normal distribution table, P(z<-0.8) has the probability:


P(z<-0.8)=0.21186

It follows that:


\begin{gathered} P(z>-0.8)=1-P(z<-0.8)=1-0.21186 \\ \Rightarrow P(z>-0.8)=0.78814\approx0.788 \end{gathered}

Hence, the required probability is about 0.788.

The answer is 0.788.

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