According to a recent survey, the salaries of assistant professors have a mean of $40,756. and a standard deviation of $8000. Assuming that the salaries of assistant professors follow a normal distribution, find the proportion of assistant professors who earn less than $42,000. Round your answer to at least four decimal places.
Solution:
Given, the Normal distribution with,
= 40756
= 8000
Find P(X < 42000)
P(X< 42000) = P[(X - )/ < (75 - )/]
= P[Z < (42000 - 40756)/8000]
= P[Z < 0.156]
= 0.5620 ( use z table)
The proportion of assistant professors who earn less than $42,000 is 0.5620
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