The average time a boulder high varsity lacrosse player plays in a game is 30 minutes with a standard deviation of 7 minutes. nolan's playing time in last week's game against fairview was 48 minutes. (a) calculate the z-score for nolan's playing time against fairview. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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Tania Livingston

30 April, 03:17

The average time a boulder high varsity lacrosse player plays in a game is 30 minutes with a standard deviation of 7 minutes. nolan's playing time in last week's game against fairview was 48 minutes. (a) calculate the z-score for nolan's playing time against fairview. (round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

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Khalil Rice · Answer 1

Solving this problem is pretty straight forward.

We simply use the formula:

z-score = (x - u) / s

where,

x = sample value = 48 minutes

u = mean value = 30 minutes

s = standard deviation = 7 minutes

Therefore,

z-score = (48 minutes - 30 minutes) / 7 minutes

z-score = 2.57