with and . Using , the values of and are:

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A.

  1. Step 1: Half the distribution lies below the mean, so .
  2. Step 2: means .
  3. Step 3: So .
Answer
mu = 16, sigma = 3.
Why not the others: treats as standard deviation; confuses the 2.28% point with the mean; the last splits the two values.

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