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The average age of a vehicle registered in the United States is 96 months. Assume the standard deviation is 16 months. If a random sample of 36 cars.

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1 The average age of a vehicle registered in the United States is 96 months. Assume the standard deviation is 16 months. If a random sample of 36 cars is selected, find the probability that the mean of their age is between 90 and 100 months.

2 Sampling Distribution of Sample Proportions

3 General Properties Approximately normal if

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