Acivil service exam yields scores which are normally distributed with a mean of 81 and a standard deviation of 5.5. if the civil service wishes to set a cut-off score on the exam so that 15% of the test takers fail the exam, what should the cut-off score be? remember to round your z-value to 2 decimal places.

The cutoff score should be 75.8 marks

Step-by-step explanation:

The cut-off should be set as the value corresponding to an area 15% in the normal distribution diagram.

Using the standard distribution tables we have value of standard normal deviate (Z) corresponding to area of 15% = -1.04

Thus we have

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c - they will have the same distribution

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this is the only one that could make sense. : )