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A random variable X follows a uniform distribution on the interval from 0 to 20. This...

A random variable X follows a uniform distribution on the interval from 0 to 20. This distribution has a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 5.27. We take a random sample of 50 individuals from this distribution. What is the approximate probability that the sample mean is less than 9.5

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