Two Students Are Enrolled in Different Sections of an Introductory

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Essay

Two students are enrolled in different sections of an introductory statistics class at a local university. The first student, enrolled in the morning section, earns a score of 76 on a midterm exam where the class mean was 64 with a standard deviation of 8. The second student, enrolled in the afternoon section, earns a score of 72 on a midterm exam where the class mean was 60 with a standard deviation of 7.5. If the scores on the midterm exams are normally distributed, which student scored better relative to his or her classmates?
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Explain.
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