Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Continuous Random Variables - Exercises 5.20 - 5.52 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 242: 5.38a

Answer

$p(x\gt120)=.0329$

Work Step by Step

$z_0=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}=\frac{120-105.3}{8.0}=1.8375$ According to table IV, page 773: $p(0\lt z\lt 1.84)=.0948$ $p(x\gt120)=p(z\gt1.8375)=p(z\gt0)-p(0\lt z\lt1.84)=.5-.4671=.0329$
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