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QUESTION A

Calculate the z-score of 57.5.

The z-score formula is given to be:


z=\frac{x-\bar{x}}{\sigma}

where


\begin{gathered} x=57.5 \\ \bar{x}=\operatorname{mean}=42.3 \\ \sigma=S\mathrm{}D\mathrm{}=13.8 \end{gathered}

Therefore, we have:


z=(57.5-42.3)/(13.8)=1.101

The probability is given to be:


P(x<57.5)=P(z\leq0)+P(0From the z-score table:[tex]\begin{gathered} P(z\leq0)=0.5 \\ P(0Therefore, we have[tex]\begin{gathered} P(x<57.5)=0.5+0.3646 \\ P(x<57.5)=0.8646 \end{gathered}

QUESTION B

We will calculate two z scores.

Z-score of 40:


z_1=(40-42.3)/(13.8)=-0.1667

Z-score of 47.7:


z_2=(47.7-42.3)/(13.8)=0.391

Therefore,

[tex]\begin{gathered} P(40

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