a set of data with a mean of 245 and a standard deviation of 8.3 is normally distributed. Find the value that is +1 standard deviation away from the mean.

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anonymous · Answer

soo ... mean + 1(sd)

they give you the mean and the sd ...

anonymous · Answer

i mean the answer that they have on here is 
a.)28.4
b.)53.3
c.)36.7
d.)45.0

anonymous · Answer

hmm, they prolly want the probabilty associated with 1sd from the mean

anonymous · Answer

otherwise none of that makes sense :)

anonymous · Answer

i believe so cause thats all its tell me and i dont get it

mrnood · Answer

nope - 1 sd has 34.1 % of population.

@blackasian  Have you written question properly? is the mean 24.5? (Still wouldn't make sense - but I think you have not got the full info in your question...)

anonymous · Answer

yeah, 68/2 is an approx  or something like that

anonymous · Answer

oh i have a typooo , it was the mean of 45 not 245

anonymous · Answer

45
  8.3
-----
 53.3

then adding them makes sense lol

anonymous · Answer

Omg thankss so much . (;