If 
, then we can immediately cancel the factors of 
:
Factorize the numerator and denominator:
Next, if 
, then
Answer:
a
Step-by-step explanation:
No, yes, no, yes
What part of comparing number values do you not understand? Most folks figure out enough about place value to be able to answer this by 3rd grade. If there's something about this question that really stumps you, please advise in the comments.
Answer: Question 1.1: It is 1.5 standard deviations away from the mean.
Our value of 26 is 6 units about the mean of 20. If each standard deviation is 4, we just divide 6 by 4. This gives us the number of standard deviations.
Question 2.2 The correct answer is -0.52
If we are 0.52 standard deviations below the mean, then our z-score is simply -0.52. The definition of a z-score is the number of standard deviations from the mean.
