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In Exercises 9 鈥12, consider a value to be significantly low if its z score is less than or equal to -2 or consider the value to be significantly high if its z score is greater than or equal to 2.

MCAT In a recent year, scores on the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) had a mean of 25.2 and a standard deviation of 6.4. Identify the MCAT scores that are significantly low or significantly high.

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MCAT scores equal to or below 12.4 are significantly low, and MCAT scores equal to or above 38.0 are significantly high.

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Given information

The mean MCAT score is equal to 25.2.

The standard deviation of MCAT scores is equal to 6.4.

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Formula of z-score

Thez-scoreof observation gives the distance of the observation from the mean in terms of standard deviations. Its value is calculated using the expression stated below:

z=x-xs

When the value of the z-score is equal to or below -2, the corresponding observation is significantly low.

When the value of the z-score is equal to or above 2, the corresponding observation is significantly high.

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Identify the MCAT scores that are significantly low or high

To obtain the significantly low values, the following computations need to be done:

z-2x-xs-2x-25.26.4-2x12.4

Therefore, MCAT scores equal to or below 12.4 aresignificantly low.

To obtain the significantly high values, the following computations are done:

z2x-xs2x-25.26.42x38.0

Therefore, MCAT scores equal to or above 38.0 are significantly high.

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