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Cereal A box of Raspberry Crunch cereal contains a mean of 13 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.5 ounce. The distribution of the contents of cereal boxes is approximately Normal. What is the probability that a case of 12 cereal boxes contains a total of more than
160 ounces?


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