The Kamp family has twins, Rob and Rachel. Both Rob and Rachel graduated from co

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The Kamp family has twins, Rob and Rachel. Both Rob and Rachel graduated from college 2 years ago, and each is now earning $50,000 per year. Rachel works in the retail industry, where the mean salary for executives with less than 5 years’ experience is $35,000 with a standard deviation of $8,000. Rob is an engineer. The mean salary for engineers with less than 5 years’ experience is $60,000 with a standard deviation of $5,000.

Compute the z values for both Rob and Rachel. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Compute the z values for both Rob and Rachel. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. Negative amount should be indicated by a minus sign.)

Explanation / Answer

Rob:

z-value = (50000-60000)/5000 = -2

Rachel

z-value = (50000-35000)/8000 = 1.875

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