Given a standard normal distribution, find the value of k such that (a) P(Z > k) = 0.2578; (b) P(Z

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Chapter13: Probability And Calculus
Section13.3: Special Probability Density Functions
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Given a standard normal distribution, find the value of k such that
(a) P(Z > k) = 0.2578;
(b) P(Z<k)=0.0401;
(c) P(-0.95<Z<k) = 0.7269.
Click here to view page 1 of the standard normal distribution table.
Click here to view page 2 of the standard normal distribution table.
(a) k=
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
(b) k= ☐
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
(c) k = ☐
k=|
(Round to two decimal places as needed.)
Transcribed Image Text:Given a standard normal distribution, find the value of k such that (a) P(Z > k) = 0.2578; (b) P(Z<k)=0.0401; (c) P(-0.95<Z<k) = 0.7269. Click here to view page 1 of the standard normal distribution table. Click here to view page 2 of the standard normal distribution table. (a) k= (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (b) k= ☐ (Round to two decimal places as needed.) (c) k = ☐ k=| (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
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-3.1 0.0010 0.0009 0.0009 0.0009 0.0008
-3.0 0.0013 0.0013 0.0013 0.0012 0.0012
-2.9 0.0019 0.0018 0.0018 0.0017 0.0016
-2.8 0.0026 0.0025 0.0024 0.0023 0.0023
-2.7 0.0035 0.0034 0.0033 0.0032 0.0031
-2.6 0.0047 0.0045 0.0044
-2.5 0.0062 0.0060 0.0059 0.0057 0.0055
-2.4 0.0082 0.0080 0.0078 0.0075 0.0073 0.0071 0.0069 0.0068
-2.3 0.0107 0.0104 0.0102 0.0099 0.0096 0.0094 0.0091 0.0089
-2.2 0.0139 0.0136 0.0132 0.0129 0.0125 0.0122 0.0119 0.0116
-2.1 0.0179 0.0174 0.0170 0.0166 0.0162 0.0158 0.0154 0.0150
-2.0 0.0228 0.0222 0.0217 0.0212 0.0207 0.0202 0.0197 0.0192
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0.0274 0.0268 0.0262 0.0256 0.0250 0.0244
-1.8 0.0359 0.0351 0.0344 0.0336 0.0329 0.0322 0.0314 0.0307
-1.7 0.0446 0.0436 0.0427 0.0418 0.0409 0.0401 0.0392 0.0384
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