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Transcribed Image Text:6. (a) For the standard normal find the value z such that Pr(Z > z) =
0.1.
(b) A random variable X follows a normal distribution with u = 70
10. Use your answer to (a) to calculate the value x such
and o =
that Pr(X > x) = 0.1.
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