The average salary of a civil engineer is $75,000 with a standard deviation of $10,000. Find the salary ranges for unusual salaries.
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In statistics, an "unusual" value is often defined as one that falls more than two standard deviations away from the mean. So, to find the range of "unusual" salaries, we need to calculate two values: Show more…
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