Gina and Stewart Are Surf-Fishing on the Atlantic Coast, Where $41 \mathrm {~mm}$

question 90

Multiple Choice

Gina and Stewart are surf-fishing on the Atlantic coast, where both bluefish and pompano are common catches. The mean length of a bluefish is 264 millimeters with a standard deviation of $41 \mathrm {~mm}$ . For pompano, the mean is $146 \mathrm {~mm}$ with a standard deviation of $24 \mathrm {~mm}$ .
Stewart caught a bluefish that was $355 \mathrm {~mm}$ long. What was the $z$ -score for this length?

• A) 8.66
• B) 355
• C) 8.71
• D) 2.22

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