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Question Number 169802 by MathsFan last updated on 09/May/22

$$$$ Entry to a certain University is determined by a national test. The scores on this test are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. a. Find the probability that a student’s total scores will be i. Greater than 850 ii. Less than 550 iii. Between 300 and 490\n

Answered by shikaridwan last updated on 10/May/22

$$f\left(x\right)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi }\sigma }{e}^{-\frac{{\left(\frac{x-\mu }{\sigma }\right)}^2}{2}}$$ $$here\sigma =100\mu =500$$ $$P(X>850)=\frac{1}{100\sqrt{2\pi }}{\int }_{850}^{\mathrm{\infty }}exp(-\frac{{\left(\frac{x-500}{100}\right)}^2}{2})dx$$ $$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi }}{\int }_{3.5}^{\mathrm{\infty }}exp(-t^2/2)dtt=\frac{x-500}{100}$$ $$=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi }}{\int }_0^{\mathrm{\infty }}exp(-t^2/2)dt-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi }}{\int }_0^{3.5}{e}^{-t^2/2}dt$$ $$=\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi }}{\int }_0^{\sqrt{2}\times 3.5}{e}^{-u^2}du$$ $$=\frac{1}{2}(1-erf(\sqrt{2}\times 3.5))$$ $$P(X<550)={\int }_{-\mathrm{\infty }}^{550}f\left(x\right)dx$$ $$P(300<X<490)={\int }_{300}^{490}f\left(x\right)dx$$

Commented byMathsFan last updated on 10/May/22

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