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suppose a normal distribution has a mean of 38 and a standard deviation of 2 what is the probability that a data value is between 37 and 41? round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent

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Using the normal distribution, it is found that there is a 62.4% probability that a data value is between 37 and 41.

Normal Probability Distribution

The z-score of a measure X of a normally distributed variable with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex] is given by:

[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]

  • The z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is above or below the mean.
  • Looking at the z-score table, the p-value associated with this z-score is found, which is the percentile of X.

In this problem, the mean and the standard deviation are given, respectively, by:

[tex]\mu = 38, \sigma = 2[/tex]

As a proportion, the probability that a data value is between 37 and 41 is the p-value of Z when X = 41 subtracted by the p-value of Z when X = 37, hence:

X = 41:

[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]

[tex]Z = \frac{41 - 38}{2}[/tex]

Z = 1.5

Z = 1.5 has a p-value of 0.933.

X = 37:

[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]

[tex]Z = \frac{37 - 38}{2}[/tex]

Z = -0.5

Z = -0.5 has a p-value of 0.309.

0.933 - 0.309 = 0.624,

0.624 = 62.4% probability that a data value is between 37 and 41.

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