Normal Distribution
At one college, GPAs are normally distributed with a mean of 3.1 and a standard deviation of 0.4. What percentage of students at the college have a GPA between 2.7 and 3.5?
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Dr Math
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Dr Math
we normalize to z score, so +- one sigma, Probability of normal distribution from -sigma to +sigma is 0.6827
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