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What probability with the average of nine randomly selected individuals from the normally distributed population with a mean of 48 and a variance of 64 is greater than 0.14?

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What probability with the average of nine randomly selected individuals from the normally distributed population with a mean of 48 and a variance of 64 is greater than 0.14?

a. 42.60
b. 91.18
С. 88.34
d. 48.68
е. 50.88

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