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Nov 2012 p62 q4
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The mean of a certain normally distributed variable is four times the standard deviation. The probability that a randomly chosen value is greater than 5 is 0.15.
Find the mean and standard deviation.
Solution
Let the mean be \(\mu\) and the standard deviation be \(s\). We know that \(\mu = 4s\).
The probability that a value is greater than 5 is 0.15, which corresponds to a z-score of approximately 1.036 or 1.037.