Find the Requested Probability

question 9

Multiple Choice

Find the requested probability.
-The test scores of 5 students are under consideration. The following is the dotplot for the sampling distribution of the sample mean for samples of size 2. Find the probability, expressed as a percent, that the sample mean will be within 3 points of the
Population mean.

• A)50%
• B)60%
• C)70%
• D)40%

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