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A population of scores is normally distributed with a μ = 40, and a σ = 13. What is the probability of randomly selecting a score greater than 54

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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 that Z score.

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