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CAIE A Level Mathematics 9709 · The normal distribution

The normal distribution: calculation question

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The random variable XX is normally distributed with mean 100100 and standard deviation 55. A particular value of XX has standardised value z=1.4z = 1.4.

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    Find this value of XX.

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