A highly selective boarding school will only admit students who place at least 1.5 z-scores above the mean on astandardized test that has a mean of 110 and a standard deviation of 12. What is the minimum score that anapplicant must make on the test to be accepted?
A) 128
B) 92
C) 122
D) 98

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A score 1.5 z-scores above the mean is calculated as: mean + (z-score * standard deviation) = 110 + (1.5 * 12) = 110 + 18 = 128.

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