Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
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ISBN: 9781259755330
Author: Allan G. Bluman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 43E
Prices of Musical Instruments The average price of an instrument at a small music store is $325. The standard deviation of the price is $52. If the owner decides to raise the price of all the instruments by $20, what will be the new
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Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach
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