1) The scores for all high school seniors taking the verbal section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in a particular year had a mean of 490 and a standard deviation of 100. The distribution of SAT scores is bell-shaped. [Use Empirical Rule]
a) What percentage of seniors scored between 390 and 590 on this SAT test?
b) One student scored 795 on this test. How did this student do compared to the rest of the scores?
c) A rather exclusive university only admits students who were among the highest 16% of the scores on this test. What score would a student need on this test to be qualified for admittance to this university?