A music school has budgeted to purchase 3 musical instruments. They plan to purchase a piano costing $3,000, a guitar costing $550, and a drum set costing $650. The mean cost for a piano is $3,500 with a standard deviation of $2,000. The mean cost for a guitar is $500 with a standard deviation of $250. The mean cost for drums is $850 with a standard deviation of $125. (Enter your answers to two decimal places.) How many standard deviations above or below the average piano cost is the piano?  standard deviations     the average

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A music school has budgeted to purchase 3 musical instruments. They plan to purchase a piano costing $3,000, a guitar costing $550, and a drum set costing $650. The mean cost for a piano is $3,500 with a standard deviation of $2,000. The mean cost for a guitar is $500 with a standard deviation of $250. The mean cost for drums is $850 with a standard deviation of $125. (Enter your answers to two decimal places.)

How many standard deviations above or below the average piano cost is the piano?

 standard deviations     the average
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