A certain characteristic in a large population has a distribution that is symmetric about the mean m. If 36 percent of the distribution lies within one standard deviation d of the mean, what percent of the distribution is less than m + d ?
Select:
A) 16 %
B) 32 %
C) 68 %
D) 84 %
E) 92 %

Rationale: "this is easiest to solve with a bell - curve histogram . m here is equal to µ in the gaussian normal distribution and thus m = 50 % of the total population . so , if 36 % is one st . dev , then on either side of m we have 36 / 2 = 18 % . so , 18 % are to the right and left of m ( = 50 % ) . in other words , our value m + d = 50 + 18 = 68 % goingfrom the mean m , to the right of the distributionin the bell shaped histogram . . this means that 68 % of the values are below m + d . like i said , doing it on a bell - curve histogram is much easier to fullygethow this works , or you could apply gmat percentile jargon / theory to it c"
Answer: C