Asked by deez

On a standardized exam, the scores are normally distributed with a mean of 750 and a standard deviation of 100. Find the z-score of a person who scored 580 on the exam.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use z = (x − μ)/σ.

z = (580 − 750)/100 = −170/100 = −1.70.

So the score 580 is 1.70 standard deviations below the mean (z = −1.70).