Acompetitive cheer team allows only the top 4% of athletes who try out to be part of the team. if the team tryout scorecard has a mean of 200 and a standard deviation of 10, which of the following can be used as a minimum qualifying score to join the cheer team?

a.) 8
b.) 192
c.) 217
d.) 202

C.) 217

Step-by-step explanation:

If the top 4% of athletes are allowed to be part of the team, then the bottom  will not qualify.

We look for a z-score below which of the population lie.

Reading from the z-table as shown in the attachment, this z-value corresponds to .

We now use the z-score formula to find the required minimum qualifying score.

where

We substitute and solve for x.

The correct choice is C

all it means is function 3

-7/8

step-by-step explanation:

instead of subtracting you add the -6/8 and -1/8