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Posted by iroc on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 2:55pm.

Suppose a college's SAT scores are normally distributed with mean 1000 and standard deviation 1 for students above 1200. What percentage of students is eligible for scholarships

statistics - PsyDAG, Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 1:04am
It would help if you proofread your questions before you posted them.

SD typo? Does 1200 make them eligible?

Z = (score-mean)/SD

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion related to the Z score. Multiply by 100.

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