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#1 2011-04-14 17:24:56

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Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Find the percent of the total area under the standard normal curve between the following z-scores
z = - 1.4 and z = -05

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#2 2011-04-14 17:39:14

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Is that -5 or did you leave out a decimal?


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#3 2011-04-14 17:50:05

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

it is 0.5

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#4 2011-04-14 17:59:04

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

so what is the answer?

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#5 2011-04-14 18:06:04

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

please

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#6 2011-04-14 18:11:10

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Sorry, I was busy. Please hold on.

Area between -1.4 and .5 is .6107

Area between -1.4 and -.5 = .2278


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#7 2011-04-14 18:17:38

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

thank you. It asked for a percent so i just used 6.2%

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#8 2011-04-14 18:23:48

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Nope! It is 61%. Where did she go?


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#9 2011-04-14 18:46:32

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

6.1 % sorry

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#10 2011-04-14 18:50:55

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

61% You multiply by 100. Please be careful with the decimal points. You do have a slight tendency to lost them.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#11 2011-04-14 19:13:49

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

thanks. Now, i have to think about the project i have to turn in later today. I have to sleep at some time.

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#12 2011-04-14 19:16:45

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Get some sleep right now. It is very late where you are.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#13 2011-04-15 16:53:34

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Did you do all of the problem with a calculator and if so, how? I have a test coming up.

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#14 2011-04-15 16:55:05

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

I used a computer but if you would like we can do it with a table.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#15 2011-04-15 18:49:00

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it is an online test, and my brain is tired. I have about two more weeks of finals to go, then break.
I did not know you did equations online, since you are fast. Where are you located? In another country I think?

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#16 2011-04-15 18:50:02

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

What sort of other tables do you have that can help?

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#17 2011-04-15 18:53:46

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Same ones I have been using.

I am going to take a little break now to eat. See you later!


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#18 2011-04-15 19:25:16

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

See you later, too. I have to sleep. I am so so tired.

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#19 2011-04-15 21:08:33

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Where are you located? In another country I think?

Yes, I am in another country. It is called Las Vegas, Nevada. We do not look the same as the rest of humanity. We have 2 heads and 2 right hands. That way we can compute odds better and pick up our money quicker.

To get the area under the SNC from -1.4 to .5 using tables is easy:

Go to this chart here:

http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math … ZChart.htm

Go to the row marked .5 and the column marked 0.0, that box says .6915. Take .5 away from that. .6915 - .5 = .1915 That is the area under the SNC from 0 to .5. To get the area from 0 to -1.4 go to the row marked -1.4 and the column marked 0.0. That box says .0808. Minus that from .5:

.5 - .0808 = .4192 that is the area under the SNC from -1.4 to 0.

Now add the two areas, .1915 + .4192 = .6107. Multiply by 100 to get a percentage = 61.07%


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#20 2011-04-17 17:46:14

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

if u know how to read them, it would be. I am a bit new to this.

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#21 2011-04-17 17:50:34

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Re: Help!!! asap Standard normal curve

Well, I am hoping that after this you will allow me to teach you how. Math does not go away. It just gets harder.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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