Recognise features of the graph of the probability density function of the normal distribution with mean 𝜇 and standard deviation 𝜎 and the use of the standard normal distribution.

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Normal density — μ slides, σ stretches

manipulative

Scrub μ and σ on a fixed-scale normal pdf — the bell slides and stretches while total area stays 1; optional 1σ/2σ/3σ shading.

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