In a research sample of high school students, the variable “number of instagram followers” formed normal distribution with a mean of 45 and a standard deviation of 16. if the research sample contained 500 students, approximately how many had 21 or fewer friends?
a)7
b)467
c)21
d)33

Using the normal distribution, it is found that approximately 33 students had 21 or fewer friends, given by option D.

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In a normal distribution with mean and standard deviation , the z-score of a measure X is given by:

In this problem:

has a p-value of 0.0668.

Out of 500 students:

Approximately 33 students, option D.

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step-by-step explanation:

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