Questions: Provide an appropriate response. Use the Standard Normal Table to find the probability.
Assume that the salaries of elementary school teachers in the United States are normally distributed with a mean of 32,000 and a standard deviation of 3,000. If a teacher is selected at random, find the probability that he or she makes more than 36,000.
0.1056
0.9082
0.4040
0.0912
Transcript text: Provide an appropriate response. Use the Standard Normal Table to find the probability.
Assume that the salaries of elementary school teachers in the United States are normally distributed with a mean of $\$ 32,000$ and a standard deviation of $\$ 3000$. If a teacher is selected at random, find the probability that he or she makes more than \$36,000.
0.1056
0.9082
0.4040
0.0912
Solution
Solution Steps
Step 1: Calculate the Cumulative Probability
To find the probability that a randomly selected teacher earns less than \$36,000, we compute the cumulative distribution function (CDF) at \( x = 36000 \). The result is:
\[
P(X \leq 36000) \approx 0.9088
\]
Step 2: Calculate the Probability of Earning More Than \$36,000
To find the probability that a teacher earns more than \$36,000, we use the complement of the cumulative probability: