Find exact difference between two values in Normal Distribution

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If we have a normal distribution of N(10,2) and we are asked on what is the proportion of values betwen 7 and 8 we can calculate this by:

F(8) = NORM.DIST(8,10,2,TRUE) = 15.9%
F(7) = NORM.DIST(7,10,2,TRUE) = 6.7%
F(8) - F(7) = 9.2%

Is there a way to calculate F(x) and F(y) so that F(x) - F(y) = 10%?

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Let $X \sim \mathcal N(\mu, \sigma^2)$

Then $P(X\leq x+x')-P(X\leq x)=F(x+x')-F(x)=c$

In your case $c=0.1$. For a given $x$ the equality can be arranged to $F(x+x')=c+F(x)$.

$c+F(x)=r$ is a real value between $0$ and $1$.

$F(x+x')=r$

$x+x'=F^{-1}(r)$

$x'=F^{-1}(r)-x$

For a given $x$ the value of $x'$ is $F^{-1}(r)-x$