The amount of Luthur\'s monthly bill is normally distributed with mean 59 dollars and standard deviation 9 dollars. Calculate the first quartile. Solution We are given that [bar(x)=59,s=9] and we are asked to compute the first quartile. The first quartile marks the value where 25% of the values are less than the given value. Consulting the standard normal chart we find that a [z] score of -.6745 has 25% of all scores below it. Now [z=(x-bar(x))/s] so [-.6745=(x-59)/9 ==> x=52.9296] --------------------------------------------------------------- The first quartile for monthly bills is approximately $52.93 or $53.00.