A psychologist has been studying eye fatigue using a particular measure, which she administers to students after they have worked for 1 hour writing on a computer. On this measure, she has found that the distribution follows a normal curve. Using a normal curve table, what percentage of students have Z scores
(a) Below 1.5.
(b) Above 1.5.
(c) Below -1.5.
(d) Above -1.5.
(e) Above 2.10.
(f) Below 2.10.
(g) Above .45.
(h) Below -1.78.
(i) Above 1.68?
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