Mensa is an organization whose membership is limited to people whose IQ is in the top 2% of the population. Assume that scores on an IQ test are normally distributed with mean and standard deviation . What is the minimum score needed to quialify for membership in Mensa?
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- IQ scores are normally distributed with mean \( \mu \) and standard deviation \( \sigma \). - Membership in Mensa requires an IQ score in the top 2% of the population. - We need to find the minimum IQ score \( x \) such that the probability \( P(X \geq x) Show more…
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