Americans (on average) individually eat 16 pounds of seafood each year with a standard deviation of 7 pounds.  James samples 40 Americans and finds and average of 14 pounds. How likely is it to get an average of 14 pounds if he had a representative sample?

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Americans (on average) individually eat 16 pounds of seafood each year with a standard deviation of 7 pounds.  James samples 40 Americans and finds and average of 14 pounds. How likely is it to get an average of 14 pounds if he had a representative sample?

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