1. The average cost per household of owning a brand new car is 5000. Suppose that we randomly selected 40 households, determine the probability that the sample mean for these 40 households is more than 5,350? Assume the variable is normally distributed and the standard deviation is 1.230.

1. The average cost per household of owning a brand new car is 5000. Suppose that we randomly selected 40 households, determine the probability that the sample mean for these 40 households is more than 5,350? Assume the variable is normally distributed and the standard deviation is 1.230.

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