One year consumers spent an average of $24 on a meal at a restaurant. Assume that the amount spent on a restaurant meal is normally distributed and that the standard deviation is $3. a. What is the probability that a randomly selected person spent more than $25? b. What is the probability that a randomly selected person spent between $4 and $15? c. Between what two values will the middle 95% of the amounts of cash spent fall?
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