THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE NUMBER OF VIEWERS FOR THE AMERICAN IDOL TELEVISION SHOW FOLLOWS A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION WITH A MEAN OF 29 MILLION AND A STANDARD DEVIATION OF 5 MILLION. WHAT IS YHE PROBABILITY NEXT WEEKS SHOW WILL: HAVE AT LEAST 23 MILLION

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Please do not use all caps. Not only is it harder to read, but it is like SHOUTING online. Thank you.

Z = (score-mean)/SD

Calculate without the six zeros to indicate millions to make it easier.

Find table in the back of your statistics text labeled something like "areas under normal distribution" to find the proportion/probability related to the Z score.