Statistics Name:__________________

Normal Distribution Pd._____Date:___________

STUDY GUIDE

* KNOW THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NORMAL CURVE

* KNOW WHY WE USE Z
* HOW TO FIND Z

Find each of the following probabilities.

1) P(0 ≤ z ≤ 1.75) 6) P(− 2.67 ≤ z ≤ −1.74 )

2) P(− 1.29 ≤ z ≤ 1.21) 7) P(z ≤ 0.95)

3) P(1.03 ≤ z ≤ 1.53) 8) P (z ≥ 1.24 )

4) P(z ≤ −1.94 ) 9) P(1.23 ≤ z ≤ 2.51)

5) P(z ≥ −1.45) 10) P (−2.36 ≤ z ≤ −1.52 )

Given that x is a normal variable with mean µ = 47 and standard deviation σ = 6.2,
find each of the following.
11) P(x ≤ 60 ) 14) P(50 ≤ x ≤ 60 )

12) P (40 ≤ x ≤ 55 ) (
15) P x > 38 )

13) P(x ≥ 50) 16) P(x ≤ 37 )

Complete each of the following.

17) Find z so that 5% of the area under the standard normal curve lies to the right of z.

18) Find z so that 98% of the area under the standard normal curve lies to the left of z.

19) Find z so that 97% of the area under the standard normal curve lies between –z
and z.

20) Find z so that 99% of the area under the standard normal curve lies between –z
and z.
21) On an auto mechanic aptitude test, the mean score is 270 points and the standard
deviation is 35 points.
a) If a student has a z score of 1.9, how many points is that?

b) If a student has a z score of -0.25, how many points is that?

22) The lengths of pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and
a standard deviation of 15 days. What is the probability of a pregnancy lasting

a) more than 300 days?

b) Less than 248 days?

c) Between 288 and 305 days?

23) In the town of Rockwood, a survey found that the number of hours grade school
children watch TV per week is normally distributed with mean 20 hours and
standard deviation 2 hours. If a child is chosen at random, what is the probability
that he or she watches TV
a) Less than 17 hours per week?

b) More than 24.5 hours per week?

c) Between 18 and 23 hours per week?

d) How many hours do you need to watch to be in the top 8% of TV

watchers?