N^3 is three times the square root of 81. What number is n?

Which of the following BEST describes how to use the addition property of equality to isolate the variable y

Alexandra [31]

Answer: C) add 12 to both sides

Reason:

We add 12 to the left side to undo the -12, which will get y by itself.

We must do the same thing to both sides to keep things balanced.

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Test scores of the student in a school are normally distributed mean 85 standard deviation 3 points. What's the probability that

Mrrafil [7]

Answer:

The probability that a random selected student score is greater than 76 is $\\ P(x>76) = 0.99865$ .

Step-by-step explanation:

The Normally distributed data are described by the normal distribution. This distribution is determined by two <em>parameters</em>, the <em>population mean</em> $\\ \mu$ and the <em>population standard deviation</em> $\\ \sigma$ .

To determine probabilities for the normal distribution, we can use <em>the standard normal distribution</em>, whose parameters' values are $\\ \mu = 0$ and $\\ \sigma = 1$ . However, we need to "transform" the raw score, in this case <em>x</em> = 76, to a z-score. To achieve this we use the next formula:

$\\ z = \frac{x - \mu}{\sigma}$ [1]

And for the latter, we have all the required information to obtain <em>z</em>. With this, we obtain a value that represent the distance from the population mean in standard deviations units.

<h3>The probability that a randomly selected student score is greater than 76</h3>

To obtain this probability, we can proceed as follows:

First: obtain the z-score for the raw score x = 76.

We know that:

$\\ \mu = 85$

$\\ \sigma = 3$

$\\ x = 76$

From equation [1], we have:

$\\ z = \frac{76 - 85}{3}$

Then

$\\ z = \frac{-9}{3}$

$\\ z = -3$

Second: Interpretation of the previous result.

In this case, the value is <em>three</em> (3) <em>standard deviations</em> <em>below</em> the population mean. In other words, the standard value for x = 76 is z = -3. So, we need to find P(x>76) or P(x>-3).

With this value of $\\ z = -3$ , we can obtain this probability consulting <em>the cumulative standard normal distribution, </em>available in any Statistics book or on the internet.

Third: Determination of the probability P(x>76) or P(x>-3).

Most of the time, the values for the <em>cumulative standard normal distribution</em> are for positive values of z. Fortunately, since the normal distributions are <em>symmetrical</em>, we can find the probability of a negative z having into account that (for this case):

$\\ P(z>-3) = 1 - P(z>3) = P(z$

Then

Consulting a <em>cumulative standard normal table</em>, we have that the cumulative probability for a value below than three (3) standard deviations is:

$\\ P(z$

Thus, "the probability that a random selected student score is greater than 76" for this case (that is, $\\ \mu = 85$ and $\\ \sigma = 3$ ) is $\\ P(x>76) = P(z>-3) = P(z$ .