The weights of a certain brand of candies are normally distributed with a mean weight of 0.8546g and a standard deviation of 0.0517 g. A sample of these candies came from a package containing 465 ​candies, and the package label stated that the net weight is 396.8g.​ (If every package has 465 candies, the mean weight of the candies must exceed 396.8/465=0.8533g for the net contents to weigh at least 396.8​g.)   If 1 candy is randomly​ selected, find the probability that it weighs more than 0.8533g.   What is the probability?

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A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.