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The distribution of SAT scores is approximately normal with a mean of 1500.
If 1628 is the 90th percentile, what is the standard deviation?


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Answer:

Hello,

Answer

[tex]\sigma=457,95...[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

p(z<a)=0.9

p(z<1.29)=0.9015

p(z<1.28)=0.8997

using linear interpolation: with 4 decimals

p(z<1.282)<0.9

[tex]\dfrac{1628-1500}{\sigma} =1.282\\\\\sigma =\dfrac{1628-1500}{1.282}\\\\\sigma=457,95...\\[/tex]