MAth Help Needed... ANSWER FOUND!!!

KarenMarie

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UPDATE Pic as promised

VeggieFrog was really stressed out about finals and just got a blind spot on this problem. She was shy about posting her own thread so I did it for her. Of course, it took a while and the promise of a pic to get the help she needed.

This took some doing, cause she hates how she looks in pics and doesnt like this one in particular cause she says she looks fat. This is VeggieFrog with Neosenate.

So, without further ado.. here is the pic of my beautiful daughter. ... Please be nice.. she is a nice girl.

VeggieFrog & Neosenate

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A sample of n = 100 observations from a normal distribution is drawn. The population mean is 500 and the population standard deviation is 200. Find the following:
a) P(x > 480)
b) P(460 < x < 480)
c) P(x > 530)

Now, I've got the answers but I don't understand HOW they were gained. HOW did it go from 1.0 and not 0.1?

The formula I've been given is: (x - ?) / ? ; ? is mean and ? is std dev.


This is how a) was worked out in my

(480 - 500) / 200 = -20/200 = -0.1

There is a standard normal distribution chart that you take 0.1 and get the value according to this chart, but the next step has the answer from 1.0 and not 0.1. Why did it change?

formula: it's (x - (mu) ) / (sigma)
also, the final answer is 84.13%
that's 0.5 + 0.3413 (1.0 from chart)
multiplied by 100 to make a percentage

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Cal166

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Sorry, I did not learn anything in Probability and Statistics I & II during college.
 

akubi

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my guess is, it's a typo and the standard deviation is 20, not 200

then your normal deviate is (480-500)/20 = -1 so you get the answer you want 84.1%
 

veggiefrog

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Originally posted by: akubi
my guess is, it's a typo and the standard deviation is 20, not 200

then your normal deviate is (480-500)/20 = -1 so you get the answer you want 84.1%


that must be it .... only thing that makes sense

thanks
 

KarenMarie

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I appreciate the bumps.. as unintended as they might have been...

and to akubi... thank you...

this is really for VeggieFrog... I told her to post it... as Lord knows a bunch of young guys would rather help a young gorgeous girl .. than her old mum.

 

Zontor

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Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Originally posted by: hevnsnt
I need math help too!!

if 2 is 30% what is 70%?

4 2/3?


Rewrite as: .30(x)=2
Multiply .30 out to get x=2/.30 now multiply by .7
Answer = 4 2/3 as previous poster got (damn it, didn't see his post until I already posted).
 

KarenMarie

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Originally posted by: Kensai
Originally posted by: veggiefrog
eek!

i hate math

VeggieFrog has a lot of finals this week. And term end projects due. This has been stressing her. Finally I just posted it... cause I am teh suck at math!!!

 

scorpmatt

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drawing a standard deviation curve would help explain why you get what you get, thats what my last statistics teacher taught us
 

Megatomic

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Originally posted by: KarenMarie
this is really for VeggieFrog... I told her to post it... as Lord knows a bunch of young guys would rather help a young gorgeous girl .. than her old mum.
Umm, KarenMarie, you know what you forgot to do. Don't you. Remedy this asap.

 

KarenMarie

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Originally posted by: Megatomic
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
this is really for VeggieFrog... I told her to post it... as Lord knows a bunch of young guys would rather help a young gorgeous girl .. than her old mum.
Umm, KarenMarie, you know what you forgot to do. Don't you. Remedy this asap.

Well.. ya know.. I considered that...

At first I told her that SHE should post it... but she was shy... so, then I thought ... hmmm... if someone offers to help her for a pic... hmmm...

hahaha!!!
 

veggiefrog

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Originally posted by: newParadime
use ur TI-83+ to do everything.

~new


yeah i wish, can only use uni-supplied calcs which are about 10 years old and only do addition/subtraction/etc.
 

n7

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:camera:s :evil:?

Someone had to clearly state that, since the veiled reference just doesn't have the same appeal
 

KarenMarie

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Originally posted by: n7
:camera:s :evil:?

Someone had to clearly state that, since the veiled reference just doesn't have the same appeal

Ok.. I will post it...

If someone helps her with this and she can get it sorted in her mind... I will post a pic of her...

fair enough?

 

n7

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I'm hopeless with math...

It's been like four years since i did any kind of complicated math...& even then i was no good.
 
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