Test Scores A student scored 85 on an English test while the mean score of all the students was 76 and the standard deviation was 4. She also scored 42 on a French test where the class mean was 36 and the standard deviation was 3. Compare the relative positions on the two tests.

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A student scored 85 on an English test while the mean score of all the students was 76 and the standard deviation was 4. She also scored 42 on a French test where the class mean was 36 and the standard deviation was 3. Compare the relative positions on the two tests.

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First find the [latex]\mathrm{z}[/latex] scores. For the English test

[latex]z=\frac{X-\bar{X}}{s}=\frac{85-76}{4}=2.25[/latex]

For the French test

[latex]z=\frac{X-\bar{X}}{s}=\frac{42-36}{3}=2.00[/latex]

Since the z score for the English test is higher than the z score for the French test, her relative position in the English class is higher than her relative position in the French class.

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