THE NORMAL

DISTRIBUTION
LESSON 4
PROBABILITYB AND STATISTICS
Consider the random event of tossing four coins once,
then follow these steps:
1. List all the possible outcomes using the tree diagram.
2. Determine the sample space.
3. Determine the possible values of the random variables.
4. Assign probability values P(X) to each of the random
variable.
5. Construct a probability histogram to describe the P(X).
 SAMPLE SPACE

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Normal distribution, also known as the Gaussian
distribution, is a probability distribution that is symmetric
about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more
frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean. In graph
form, normal distribution will appear as a bell curve.
The Empirical Rule In normal distribution the empirical rule
states that the data falls into three standard deviations of the
mean with the first being 68%, second deviation being 95
and the last being 99.7 %
34.15%

47.7%

49.85%
Consider the following examples:
1. Suppose the mean is 60 and the standard deviation is 5,
sketch a normal curve for the distribution. This is how it
would look like.
Consider the following examples:
1. 1. Suppose the mean is 60 and the standard deviation is 5,
sketch a normal curve for the distribution.
ANSWER:
2. A continuous random variable X is normally distributed
with a mean of 45 and standard deviation of 6. Illustrate a
normal curve and find the probability of the following:
ANSWER KEY
SEATWORK:
A continuous random variable X is normally distributed
with a mean of 56.3 and standard deviation of 7.2. Illustrate
a normal curve and find its probability.
P(34.7 < X < 63.5 ) =
SEATWORK:
A continuous random variable X is normally distributed
with a mean of 56.3 and standard deviation of 7.2. Illustrate
a normal curve and find its probability.
P(34.7 < X < 63.5 )
= 3SD LEFT +
1 SD RIGHT

= 84%

34.7 41.9 49.1 56.3 63.6 70.7 77.9

ACTIVITY:
write the area corresponding to the shaded part of the
normal curve.

AREA = 68.3%
AREA =
AREA =