According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the amount of soft drinks consumed by people in the U.S. in a recent year was normally distributed with a mean of 53.0 gallons and a standard deviation of 17.1 gallons.  A random sample of 25 people is selected from the population.  What is the probability that the mean of this sample is above 60 gallons

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the amount of soft drinks consumed by people in the U.S. in a recent year was normally distributed with a mean of 53.0 gallons and a standard deviation of 17.1 gallons.  A random sample of 25 people is selected from the population.  What is the probability that the mean of this sample is above 60 gallons

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