The number of thunderstorms in Florida in a calendar year is normally distributed with a mean of 80, and a standard deviation is 12. A random sample of 8 years is selected.  a. Find the probability that the mean of this sample is between 72 and 88 thunderstorms.  b. Find the probability that the mean of this sample is greater than 75 thunderstorms.

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The number of thunderstorms in Florida in a calendar year is normally distributed with a mean of 80, and a standard deviation is 12. A random sample of 8 years is selected. 
a. Find the probability that the mean of this sample is between 72 and 88 thunderstorms. 
b. Find the probability that the mean of this sample is greater than 75 thunderstorms. 

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