Help with Normal distribution problem

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A set of examinations marks is approximately normally distributed with mean of $75$ and standard deviation of $5$. If the top $5\%$ of the students gets Grade A and bottom $25\%$ of gets grade F. What is the lowest mark in grade A, the highest mark in grade F?

Bottom $25\%$

$X=(-0.5948)\times5+75 $ #Z value of $0.25$ is $-0.5948$

$=72.00$ ( I got the answer as $72$)

Top $5\%$

$X=(Z)\times5+75$

$=0.829*5+75$ # Z value of $0.95$ is $0.8289$

$=79$

I should get answer as $72$ & $83$ (thats how its in my text book) but I'm not getting the correct answer for the top $5\%$. Did I apply the right procedure?