Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Continuous Random Variables - Exercises 5.20 - 5.52 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 242: 5.40a

Answer

$p(x\gt0)=.7019$

Work Step by Step

$z_0=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}=\frac{0-5.26}{10}=-.53$ According to table IV, page 773: $p(0\lt z\lt .53)=.2019$ $p(x\gt0)=p(z\gt-.53)=p(-.53\lt z\lt0)+p(z\gt0)=p(0\lt z\lt .53)+p(z\gt0)=.2019+.5=.7019$
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