Answer:
The length that separates the top 6% is 5.1 centimeters.
The length that separates the bottom 6% is 4.94 centimeters.
Step-by-step explanation:
When the distribution is normal, we use the z-score formula.
In a set with mean and standard deviation
, the zscore of a measure X is given by:
The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this question, we have that:
Find the two lengths that separate the top 6% and the bottom 6%.
Top 6%:
The 100-6 = 94th percentile, which is X when Z has a pvalue of 0.94. So X when Z = 1.555.
So the length that separates the top 6% is 5.1 centimeters.
Bottom 6%:
The 6th percentile, which is X when Z has a pvalue of 0.06. So X when Z = -1.555.
The length that separates the bottom 6% is 4.94 centimeters.