Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321911216
Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.2.28RE
In Exercises 27–32, the random variable x is
28. P(x < 55)
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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)
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