For student loans in a particular year, the standard deviation is $2 thousand. A random sample of 100 loans is selected in order to estimate the population mean student loans.   The probability is .05 that the sample mean of student loans exceeds the population mean by how much?   The probability is .50 that the sample mean of student loans differs the population mean by how much?

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For student loans in a particular year, the standard deviation is $2 thousand. A random sample of 100 loans is selected in order to estimate the population mean student loans.

 

  1. The probability is .05 that the sample mean of student loans exceeds the population mean by how much?

 

  1. The probability is .50 that the sample mean of student loans differs the population mean by how much?
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