What is the probability that x is less than 5.92?

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Let x follow a Normal distribution with mean 2 and variance 4. This question is not a duplicate. One question is stating between two variables

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Hint:

$$Pr(X < 5.92) = Pr\left(\frac{X-2}{2} < \frac{5.92-2}{2}\right)$$

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$$\frac{X-2}{2} \sim N(0,1)$$

Edit:

Such values are usually found by using statistical tables (e.g. http://www.stat.ufl.edu/~athienit/Tables/Ztable.pdf [Credit:JMoravitz] )

$$\frac{5.92-2}{2}=1.96$$

Reading from the table, $F_Z(1.96) = 0.975 $ which is the value that you want to find.

Remark: $1.96$ is a "special" value as it is commonly used in constructing $95\%$ confidence interval.