For the most recent year available, the mean annual cost to attend a private university in the United States was $20,132. Assume the distribution of annual costs follows the normal probability distribution and the standard deviation is $4,450.
Ninety percent of all students at private universities pay less than what amount? (Round z value to 2 decimal places and your final answer to the nearest whole number.)
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2013-03-05T09:54:34-0500
We have normal distribution with mean $20,132 and standard deviation - $4,450: m = 20,132 sigma = 4,450 And we know: P ( x < mean + z*sigma ) = 0.9 or& percentage of values expected to lie in and outside the symmetric interval& mean +- z*sigma = 80 % From the tables: z = 1.281552 = 1.28 Finally, z*sigma = 1.28*4450 = 5696 Therefore, 90% of all students at private universities pay less than : 20,132+5696=25828 Answer: z=1.28,& Amount& $25828
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Using the table of the standard normal CDF the P(t
But how can you find z value = 1.28?
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