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The recent average starting salary for new college graduates in computer information systems is 47,500 . Assume salaries are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4,500 . What is the probability of a new graduate receiving a salary between 45,000 and 50,000?

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When a great many simple random samples of size n are drawn from a population that is normally distributed, the sampling distribution of the sample means will be ___________________ _ regardless of sample size n. As n increases, the ___________________ _ of the sample distribution will become smaller.
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Answer to Question 1

0.4246

Answer to Question 2

normal; standard error



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