Drag z so that the shaded area under the standard normal curve, to the left of z, is 0.7291. Find z to two decimals.
Normal distribution worksheet with answers
X and Y are independent normal variables for the length of part A plus part B in an assembly: X has mean 120 mm and standard deviation 0.3 mm, Y has mean 80 mm and standard deviation 0.4 mm. Find the standard deviation σ of X + Y.
Drag z so that the shaded area between −z and z under the standard normal curve is 0.7887. Find z to two decimals.
Drag z so that the shaded area between −z and z under the standard normal curve is 0.6102. Find z to two decimals.
The heights of adult men are normally distributed with mean 178 cm and standard deviation 7 cm. Drag the cut-off so the shaded bottom 20% is to the left of it. Find the cut-off x.
The battery lifetimes are normally distributed with mean 500 h and standard deviation 40 h. Drag the cut-off so the shaded top 15% is to the right of it. Find the cut-off x.
Answer key
- 1. z = 0.61
- 2. σ = 0.5 mm
- 3. z = 1.25
- 4. z = 0.86
- 5. x = 172.1 cm
- 6. x = 542 h
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