A high-profile consulting company chooses its new entry-level employees from a p

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A high-profile consulting company chooses its new entry-level employees from a pool of recent college graduates using a five-step interview process. Unfortunately, there are usually more candidates who complete the interview process than the number of new positions that are available. As a result, cumulative GPA is used as a tie-breaker. GPAs for the successful interviewees are Normally distributed with a mean of 3.3 and a standard deviation of 0.4. What percent of candidates have a GPA above 3.9?

A.

6.7%

B.

93.3%

C.

2.3%

D.

97.7%

Explanation / Answer

Percentage of candidates have GPA above 3.9

= P(X > 3.9)

= P(z > (3.9 - 3.3)/0.4)

= P(z > 1.5)

= 0.067

= 6.7%

Option A is correct.

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