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Transcribed Image Text:The weights of newborns are normally distributed with u = 7.3 lbs and o = 0.3 lbs. Use the appropriate z-score table
when necessary. Suppose 8 newborns are randomly selected.
a.) W
ample me
O 1.89
c.) Determine the probability that their mean weight is greater than 7.5 lbs.
O 0.0294
O 0.2514
O 0.9706
O 0.7486
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