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Samuel F.B. Morse (1791 – 1872), the creator of Morse Code, claimed that 12% of all letters used in the English language were “e”s. Suppose random samples of 196 letters are selected from a book What is the Type your calculated z-score here. Express its value to the nearest hundredth (two decimal places). Type your probability here. Express its value to four decimal places. Do not round. |
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