find the sum of the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = - 1.25 and the right of z = 1.25.

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Beckett Johnson

15 March, 17:10

find the sum of the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = - 1.25 and the right of z = 1.25.

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Tony Hanson · Answer 1

The standard normal curve is symmetric, so the area to the left of z = - 1.25 is the same as that to the right of z = 1.25. Find one or the other and double your result.

To the left of 1.25: normalcdf (-1000, 1.25) = 0.1056, or 0.106. Double that; result is 0.212 (answer).