Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Continuous Random Variables - Exercises 5.20 - 5.52 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 243: 5.41a

Answer

$p(x\lt57)=.8413$

Work Step by Step

$z_0=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}=\frac{57-48.5}{8.5}=1$ According to table IV, page 773: $p(0\lt z\lt1)=.3413$ $p(x\lt57)=p( z\lt1)=p(z\lt0)+p(0\lt z\lt1)=.5+.3413=.8413$
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