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Raul received a score of 73 on a history test for which the class mean was 70 with a standard deviation of 6. He received a score of 76 on a biology test for which the class mean was 70 with standard deviation 8. On which test did he do better relative to the rest of the class?
a.biology test
b.history test
c.the same
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