The scores on a particular job aptitude test are normal with expected value 400 and standard deviation 100. If a company will consider only those applicants scoring in the top 5 percent, determine whether it should consider one whose is
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We know that the scores are normally distributed with a mean (expected value) of 400 and a standard deviation of 100. So, we can write this as N(400, 100^2). Show more…
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