A cereal manufacturer claims that the gross weight (including packaging) of a box of cereal labeled as weighing 12 oz has a mean of 12.2 oz and a standard deviation of 0.1 oz. You gather 75 boxes and weigh them all together. Let S denote the total weight of the 75 boxes of cereal.   If the claim is true, what is P(S ≤ 914.8)? (Round the final answer to four decimal places.)

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A cereal manufacturer claims that the gross weight (including packaging) of a box of cereal labeled as weighing 12 oz has a mean of 12.2 oz and a standard deviation of 0.1 oz. You gather 75 boxes and weigh them all together. Let denote the total weight of the 75 boxes of cereal.

 

If the claim is true, what is P(≤ 914.8)? (Round the final answer to four decimal places.)

 

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