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facing a shortage the student activity council decides to reduce funding for each of it's student club by $85.00. Prior to the cut the average funding that each student club received was $520.00, although some received more while others received less than $520. On average the funding received differed the mean by $55.00. What will be the new standard deviation of the distribution?
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