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THE AVERAGE DAILY JAIL POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS 706,242 IF THE DISTRUBUTION IS NORMAL...

THE AVERAGE DAILY JAIL POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS 706,242 IF THE DISTRUBUTION IS NORMAL AND THE STANDARD DEVIATION IS 52,145 FIND THE PROBABILITY THAT ON A RANDOMLY SELECTED DAY THE JAIL POPULATION IS BETWEEN 600,000 AND 700,000

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Let X denotes the jail population in the united states on a randomly selected day.

X ~ Normal(706242, 521452)

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THE PROBABILITY THAT ON A RANDOMLY SELECTED DAY THE JAIL POPULATION IS BETWEEN 600,000 AND 700,000

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