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The starting annual salaries of newly qualified chartered accountants (CA’s) in South Africa follow a normal distribution with a mean of ₹ 180,000 and a standard deviation of ₹ 10,000. What is the probability that a randomly selected newly qualified CA will earn between ₹ 165,000 and ₹ 175,000?
Options
0.819
0.242
0.286
0.533
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Solution
0.242
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