Question

a baseball league finds the speeds of pitches are normally distributed, with a mean of 89 mph and a standard deviation of 2.4 mph. One pitch is thrown at a speed of 85.2 mph. What is the z-score of this pitch? Round your answer to two decimal places.

Answer 1

-1.58

Explanation:

We have that the mean (m) is equal to 89 and the standard deviation (sd) 2.4

They ask us for P (x <85.2)

For this, the first thing is to calculate z, which is given by the following equation:

z = (x - m) / (sd)

We have all these values, replacing we have:

z = (85.2 - 89) / (2.4)

z = -1.58