If we're only counting 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) and 20 consonants (everything else, minus T), then there are
ways of picking the vowels, and
ways of picking the consonants.
We want the word to start with T, and we'll allow any arrangement of the other 4 letters, so that the total number of words is
Keep in mind that this means words like TRIES and TIRES are treated as different.
Let X be the national sat score. X follows normal distribution with mean μ =1028, standard deviation σ = 92
The 90th percentile score is nothing but the x value for which area below x is 90%.
To find 90th percentile we will find find z score such that probability below z is 0.9
P(Z <z) = 0.9
Using excel function to find z score corresponding to probability 0.9 is
z = NORM.S.INV(0.9) = 1.28
z =1.28
Now convert z score into x value using the formula
x = z *σ + μ
x = 1.28 * 92 + 1028
x = 1145.76
The 90th percentile score value is 1145.76
The probability that randomly selected score exceeds 1200 is
P(X > 1200)
Z score corresponding to x=1200 is
z =
z =
z = 1.8695 ~ 1.87
P(Z > 1.87 ) = 1 - P(Z < 1.87)
Using z-score table to find probability z < 1.87
P(Z < 1.87) = 0.9693
P(Z > 1.87) = 1 - 0.9693
P(Z > 1.87) = 0.0307
The probability that a randomly selected score exceeds 1200 is 0.0307
