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OPENINTRO:STATISTICS
Ch. 1.1 - Prob. 1GPCh. 1.1 - Prob. 1ECh. 1.1 - Prob. 2ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 2GPCh. 1.2 - Prob. 3GPCh. 1.2 - Prob. 4GPCh. 1.2 - Prob. 6GPCh. 1.2 - Prob. 7GPCh. 1.2 - Prob. 3ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 4E
Ch. 1.2 - Prob. 5ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 6ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 7ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 8ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 9ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 10ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 11ECh. 1.2 - Prob. 12ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 9GPCh. 1.3 - Prob. 11GPCh. 1.3 - Prob. 12GPCh. 1.3 - Prob. 13GPCh. 1.3 - Prob. 13ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 14ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 15ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 16ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 17ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 18ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 19ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 20ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 21ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 22ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 23ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 24ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 25ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 26ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 27ECh. 1.3 - Prob. 28ECh. 1.4 - Prob. 16GPCh. 1.4 - Prob. 17GPCh. 1.4 - Prob. 29ECh. 1.4 - Prob. 30ECh. 1.4 - Prob. 31ECh. 1.4 - Prob. 32ECh. 1.4 - Prob. 33ECh. 1.4 - Prob. 34ECh. 1 - Prob. 35ECh. 1 - Prob. 36ECh. 1 - Prob. 37ECh. 1 - Prob. 38ECh. 1 - Prob. 39CECh. 1 - Prob. 40CECh. 1 - Prob. 41CECh. 1 - Prob. 42CECh. 1 - Prob. 43CECh. 1 - Prob. 44CE
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