Suppose that a bag of cement has weight that are normally distributed with a mean of 50 kg and a standard deviation of 1 kg. If a random sample of ten bags of cement is taken, the sample mean of the bag weight:    Less likely to be greater than 50 than less than 50 Is less likely to be larger than 50 than smaller than 50   Is equally likely to be smaller or larger than 50   Is more likely to be larger than 50 than smaller than 50

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Suppose that a bag of cement has weight that are normally distributed with a mean of 50 kg and a standard deviation of 1 kg. If a random sample of ten bags of cement is taken, the sample mean of the bag weight:

 
  1.  Less likely to be greater than 50 than less than 50

    Is less likely to be larger than 50 than smaller than 50
  2.  

    Is equally likely to be smaller or larger than 50
  3.  

    Is more likely to be larger than 50 than smaller than 50
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