ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

Juan Sumulong Campus

2600 Legarda St., Sampaloc, Manila
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Year 2021 - 2022
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NAME: _____________________________ DATE:________________________

GRADE & SECTION:___________________ TEACHER:_____________________

CONCEPT NOTE 4
I. Topic:
Normal distribution: Identifying areas under the normal curve
II. Objectives
a. illustrates a normal random variable and its characteristics.
b. constructs a normal curve.
c. identifies regions under the normal curve corresponding to different standard normal
values
III. Concepts
NORMAL DISTRIBUTION
Properties of a Normal Probability Distribution
A normal probability distribution has the following properties
1. The normal probability distribution is bell-shaped
2. The curve is symmetric about its mean
3. The mean is equal to the median, and is also equal to the mode
4. The spread of the curve depends on the standard deviation of the distribution
5. The tails of the curve flatten out indefinitely along the horizontal axis; always
approaching the axis but never touching it.
6.The area under the curve is 1 or 100%

Z – Table – is based on a normal distribution with mean µ = 0 and standard deviation

σ = 1 called standard normal distribution.

IDENTIFYING AREA IN A STANDARD NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Step 1. Construct a normal curve and locate the z score and its corresponding area or
probability
Step 2. Find the corresponding area in the z Table
Example 1
1. Find the area that corresponds to z = 1
Step 1. Construct a normal curve and locate the z score and its corresponding area
or probability.

Step 2. Find the corresponding area in the z Table

z = 1 ↔ 0.3413 or 34.13% (z = 1 corresponds to the area 0.3413)
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Year 2021 - 2022
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3. Find the area that corresponds to z = 1.05

z = 1.05 ↔ 0.3531 or 35.31%

ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE OF PROBABILITIES UNDER THE NORMAL CURVE

Examples
1. Find the proportion of the area greater than z = -1

P(z>-1) = 0.3413 + 0.5000 = 0.8413 or 84.13%

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Juan Sumulong Campus
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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Year 2021 - 2022
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2. Find the proportion of the area above z = 1

P(z>1) = 0.5000 – 0.3413 = 0.1587or 15.87%

IV. Exercises

Use the z Table to find the area that corresponds to each of the following. Sketch
and label each curve.
1. z = 0.56
2. z = 1.32
3. z = -1.05
4. z = -2.18
5. Between z = -0.50 and z = 0.50
6. below z = -0.58
7. at most z = -1.8
8. at least z = 1.96
9. to the right of z = 0.33
10. between z = -0.78 and z = -1.95