Candy sticks. A student has 23 candy sticks in a bag, with lengths that are Normally distributed. Each stick is, on average 1.8 cm long, with standard deviation 0.5 cm. What is the probability that the total length of the candy is less than 40 cm?

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Candy sticks. A student has 23 candy sticks in a bag, with lengths that are Normally distributed. Each stick is, on average 1.8 cm long, with standard deviation 0.5 cm. What is the probability that the total length of the candy is less than 40 cm?

 

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