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The marks obtained by 1000 students in an examination are found to be normally distributed with mean 70 and standard deviation 5.estimate the number of students whose marks will be between 60to70,>75
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Given m=70,N=1000 S.D ($\sigma$)=5

z=$\frac{X-m}{\sigma}$

$\frac{X-70}{5}$------(1)

A) Between 60 And 75

when X=60

eqn(1) becomes

$z =\frac{60-70}{5}=-2$

when X=75 in equation (1)

$z = \frac{75-70}{5}$=1

$P(60 \le x \le 75)=P(-2 \le z \le 1)$

=Area between z=-2 and z=1

=Area from (z=0 to z=3)+Area from (z=0 to z=1)

=0.4772+0.3413

$P(60\le x\le 75)$=0.8185

Number of students getting marks between 60 and 75

=$N \times p$

=$1000 \times 0.8185$

=818

2) More than 75

when X=75,from equation (1)

z=$\frac{75-70}{5}=1$

$P(x\ge 75)$=$P(z\ge 1)$

Area to the right of z=1

=0.5 -(area between z=0 and z=1)

=0.5-0.3413 =0.1587

therefore number of students getting more then 75 marks= $N \times p$

=$1000 \times 0.1587$

=159

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