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19 Nov 2021

Given information

Suppose a normal distribution has a mean of six and a standard deviation of    What is the score of  

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

If  is the normally distributed random variable and,  then the score is

  

The value tells, how many standard deviations the value of  is above (to the right) or below (to the left) the mean,   

When  is positive,  is above or right of the mean, and when  is negative,  is below or left of the mean.

As the given information reveals the following values are noted:

 

We need to use the score formula in order to find the value of  score for given value of  

 

Therefore, the value of indicates that is standard deviations below the mean.  

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