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The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a school's test scores is 65, and standard deviation of the distribution is 6.5. A student scoring a 78 on the exam is in what percentile of the school?

A. 63rd
B. 68th
C. 84th
D. 96th
E. 98th
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Re: Statistics question [#permalink] New post 16 Aug 2010, 11:50
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The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a school's test scores is 65, and standard deviation of the distribution is 6.5. A student scoring a 78 on the exam is in what percentile of the school?

a.63rd
b.68th
c.84th
d.96th
e.98th


You can solve this question if you know the 68.2-95.4-99.7 rule of normal distributions (though the normal distribution is an absolutely continuous probability distribution and this is not the case in the question): 78 is 2 SD from the mean (65+2*6.5=78), so below it are 95.4+\frac{100-95.4}{2}=97.7\approx{98} percent of data points, answer E. But don't worry about this question, normal distribution IS NOT tested on GMAT and you don't have to know this rule.
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Percentile --normal distribution [#permalink] New post 06 Feb 2011, 20:32
The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a school's test scores is 65, and standard deviation of the distribution is 6.5. A student scoring a 78 on the exam is in what percentile of the school?

A
63rd percentile
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84th percentile
D
96th percentile
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98th percentile
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Re: Statistics question [#permalink] New post 18 May 2011, 23:33
50 + 34 + 14 = 98%

2 sigma ahead of average.
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Re: Statistics question [#permalink] New post 19 May 2011, 21:17
50 + 34 + 14 = 98 hence E
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The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a [#permalink] New post 05 Dec 2012, 21:39
The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a school's test scores is 65, and standard deviation of the distribution is 6.5. A student scoring a 78 on the exam is in what percentile of the school?

A 63rd
B 68th
C 84th
D 96th
E 98th
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Re: The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a [#permalink] New post 06 Dec 2012, 03:01
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The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a school's test scores is 65, and standard deviation of the distribution is 6.5. A student scoring a 78 on the exam is in what percentile of the school?

A 63rd
B 68th
C 84th
D 96th
E 98th


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Re: The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a [#permalink] New post 07 Dec 2012, 11:57
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But don't worry about this question, normal distribution IS NOT tested on GMAT and you don't have to know this rule.

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so they will not test on such problems in GMAT?

also how did you arrive at the answer? more hand holding please.
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Re: The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a [#permalink] New post 07 Dec 2012, 13:19
Unfortunately or not, i have seen this question on Grockit. Its strange they are throwing such questions that do not have possibilities of being tested on the actual test.
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Re: The average (arithmetic mean) of a normal distribution of a [#permalink] New post 08 Dec 2012, 06:06
Simba2012 wrote:
Bunuel wrote:
But don't worry about this question, normal distribution IS NOT tested on GMAT and you don't have to know this rule.

Bueuel,
so they will not test on such problems in GMAT?

also how did you arrive at the answer? more hand holding please.


Yes, normal distribution (and its 68.2-95.4-99.7 rule) is not tested on the GMAT.
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