MATH 154

ASSIGNMENT 1
To be submitted on Wednesday 25th Feb, 2015 at 1200 Noon by your
course reps in SCB-SF9 (DR. RK AVUGLAHS OFFICE)
1. What are the characteristics of a normal distribution?
2. For Exercise a through g, find the area under the
standard normal distribution curve.
a. To the left of z= -2.15 and to the right of z = 1.62
b. To the right of z = 1.92 and to the left of z = -0.44
c. P(z > 0.82)
d. P(z< -1.77)
e. P(-0.20 < z < 1.56)
f. P(-2.46 < z <1.74)
g. P(1.12 < z <1.43)
3. Find the z value to the right of the mean so that
a. 54.78% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the left of it.
b. 69.85% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the left of it.
c. 88.10% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the left of it.
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4. Find the z value to the left of the mean so that

a. 98.87% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the right of
it.
b. 82.12% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the right of
it.
c. 60.64% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the right of
it.
5. Find
a. P(z >

zo
zo

such that:
) = 0.1234.

b. P(-1.2 < z<

c. P(

zo

zo

) = 0.8671.

< z < 2.5) = 0.7672.

d. the area between

zo

and z= -0.5 is 0.2345

6. The average early-bird special admission price for a movie is

$5.81. If the distribution of movie admission charges is
approximately normal with a standard deviation of $0.81, what is
the probability that a randomly selected admission charge is less
than $3.50?

7. The average annual salary for all U.S. teachers is

$47,750. Assume that the distribution is normal and
the standard deviation is $5680. Find the probability
that a randomly selected teacher earns
a. Between $35,000 and $45,000 a year 0.3031
b. More than $40,000 a year
8. The average SSNIT Loan debt for University
graduates is GHS 3262. If the debt is normally
distributed with a standard deviation of GHS 1100,
find these probabilities.
a. That the graduate owes at least GHS 1000
b. That the graduate owes more than GHS 4000
c. That the graduate owes between GHS 3000 and GHS
4000

9. The data shown represent the number of

appearances made each year during Abedi Peles
career with Olympique Marseille. Check for normality.
30, 59, 69, 50, 58, 71, 55, 43, 66, 52, 56, 62, 36, 13,
29, 17, 3.

NOTE: To be submitted on Wednesday 25th Feb, 2015 at 1200 Noon by

your course reps in SCB-SF9 (DR. RK AVUGLAHS OFFICE)