Ch.5 A and B Normal Distribution

What shape is a normal distribution curve?

• Half curve
• Round curve
• Bell curve
• Square curve

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If the shaded area under the curve is .85, what is the other missing portion of the curve?

• .26
• .15
• .30
• .17

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Which curve has the greater standard deviation?

• Red
• Black
• Blue

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The normal curve is symmetrical about the mean.

• True
• False

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At a local high school, GPA's are normally distributed with a mean of 2.9 and standard deviation of 0.6. What percentage of students at the high school have a GPA between 2.3 and 3.5?

• 68%
• 99.7%
• 95%
• 84%

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At a local high school, GPA's are normally distributed with a mean of 2.9 and standard deviation of 0.6. What is the GPA of the highest 2.5% of the students?

• 4.1 
• 4.1 or higher
• 4.7
• 4.5 or higher

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The mean life of a tire is 30,000 km. The standard deviation is 2000 km.

Then, 68% of all tires will have a life between ___________ km and __________ km.

•  28,000 km and 32,000 km.
• 24,000 km and 34,000 km.
• 26,000 km and 34,000 km.
• 27,000 km and 31,000 km.

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Between what two standard deviations of a normal distribution contain 68% of the data?

• one below and one above
• two below and two above
• two below and zero
• zero and two above

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The average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 1.4 inch. 
If waist sizes are normally distributed, estimate the proportion of teenagers who will have waist   sizes greater than 31 inches?

• 92.4%
• 10.5%
• 16%
• 7.6%

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Pat and Chris both took a spatial abilities test (mean = 80, std. dev. = 8).  Pat scores a 76 and Chris scored a 94.  What percent of individuals would score between Pat and Chris? 

• 26.8%
• 96%
• 65.1%
• 4%

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