LESSON 6, 7 & 8:

Finding Areas under the Normal Curve

Example:
- Find the area to the right of:
1. 𝑧 = 1.25 = .8944
1 − .8944 = 𝟏𝟎. 𝟓𝟔%

2. 𝑧 = −.34 = .3669
1 − .3669 = 𝟔𝟑. 𝟑𝟏%

- Find the area to the left of:

1. 𝑧 = 0.33 = .6293 𝑜𝑟 62.93%
 2. 𝑧 = −0.21 = .4168 𝑜𝑟 41.68%

- Find the area between:

1. 𝑧 = −0.24 = .4052 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 = 1.23 = .8907

. 8907 − .4052 = 0.4855 𝑜𝑟 48.55%

2. 𝑧 = 0.15 = .5596 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 = 2.04 = .9793

. 9793 − .5596 = 0.4197 𝑜𝑟 41.97%
 3. 𝑧 = −0.15 = .4404 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑧 = −2.02 = .0217
. 4404 − .0217 = 0.4187 𝑜𝑟 41.87%

Application:
1. Polytechnic University of the Philippines Sta. Rosa City Branch conducts
placement examination to all incoming freshmen. The examination scores if the
100 examinees last semester were approximately normally distributed with mean
score of 80 and standard deviation of 5. What is the probability that randomly
chosen student got a score below 70? Above 82? Between 75 and 90?

70 − 80
𝑧70 = = −2
5
P(x < x1) = 0.0228
P(x > x1) = 1 − P(x < x1) = 1 − .0228
P(x > x1) = 0.9772 or 97.72%

82 − 80
𝑧82 = = 0.4
5
P(x < x1) = .6554
P(x > x1) = 1 − P(x < x1) = 1 −.6554
P(x > x1) = .3446 or 34.36%

75−80
𝑧75 = = −1
5
90 − 80
𝑧90 = = 2
5

P(x < x1) = .1587 𝑎𝑛𝑑 .9772

. 9772 − .1587 = 0.8185 𝑜𝑟 81,85%
 2. A soda machine dispenses soda into 12-ounces cups. Tests show that the actual
amount of soda dispensed is normally distributed, with a mean of 11.5 oz and a
standard deviation of 0.2 oz.
a. What percent of cups will receive less than 11.25 oz soda?

𝑥 − 𝑥̅
𝑧𝑥 =
𝑠

11.25 − 11.5
𝑧11.25 = = 1.25
0.2

1 − .8944 = 10.56% 𝑜𝑟 10.6%

𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑠, 10.6% 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑝𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 11.25 𝑜𝑧 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑎.

b. What percent of cups will receive between 11.2 and 11.55 oz of soda?
11.55−11.5
𝑧11.55 = =0.25
0.2

11.2 − 11.5
𝑧11.2 = = −1.5
0.2
. 5987 − .0668 = 0.5319 𝑜𝑟 53.19% 𝑜𝑟 53.2%
Thus, the percent of the cups that the vending machine will fill with between
11.2 oz and 11.55 oz of soda is 53.2%.

c. If a cup is filled at random, what is the probability that the machine will
overflow the cup?
A cup will overflow if it receives more than 12 oz of soda.
12 − 11.5
𝑧12 = = 2.5
0.2
. 9938 − .5000 = .4938 𝑜𝑟 49.4%
50% − 49.4% = 0.6%
Thus, 0.6% of the time the machine produces an overflow, and the probability
that a cup chosen at random will overflow.