The Globe Fishery Packs Shrimp That Weigh More Than 1

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Essay

The Globe Fishery packs shrimp that weigh more than 1.91 ounces each in packages marked" large" and shrimp that weigh less than 0.47 ounces each into packages marked "small"; the remainder are packed in "medium" size packages. If a day's catch showed that 19.77% of the shrimp were large and 6.06% were small, determine the mean and the standard deviation for the shrimp weights. Assume that the shrimps' weights are normally distributed.

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