Jiayang's answer to Chowder's Junior College 1 H1 Maths question.

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Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
How do u get the -1.0364
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
I used the calc. There’s an inverse normal dist. function.

You can use the table also but since theres no 0.85 in the table you'll have to do a lil bit of interpolation. Even then your answer won't be as exact as the one obtained from the calc.
Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
Wait but how did u do that?
Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
What did u type in the calc?
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
Go to the invNorm function...

Area: 0.15
μ: 0
σ: 1
Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
Is there another way other than using the calc? Bcos i dont think im using the calc ure talking abt
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
TI-84?
Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
If i use the table i got 0.1977? Not the same as urs?
Im using fx-96sg
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
If not you can use Microsoft Excel

=NORM.INV(0.15,0,1)
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
You can't do all this with that calculator HAHAHA

Didn't your lecturer tell yall to invest in a GC?
Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
Wait but help me first. I wanna know if i were to use the graph and z table only to solve. Bcos my tcr didnt tell me abt buying those type of calc? How do u use the z table and do the interpolation. Can show me the working pls
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
How did you get 0.1977?
Chowder
Chowder
6 years ago
I take 0.8 from the left column and 0.05 on the top column and they intersect at that point?
Jiayang
Jiayang
6 years ago
Go see what I’ve just uploaded