The weights of cockroaches living in an identified environment are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 80 grams and a standard deviation of 4 grams. Suppose you took a sample of 30 cockroaches. What would be the percentage of cockroaches weighing more than 82 grams? a. 69.15% b. 30.85% c. 99.69% d. 0.31%
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