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Jackson is a builder. He finds that the weekly operating cost varies from week to week. Weekly earnings are normally distributed with a mean of $1,200. What is the probability that the weekly earnings of Jackson are below $1,200?Group of answer choices0.25Cannot be answered based on the information.0.50.75

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Jackson is a builder. He finds that the weekly operating cost varies from week to week. Weekly earnings are normally distributed with a mean of 1,200.WhatistheprobabilitythattheweeklyearningsofJacksonarebelow1,200. What is the probability that the weekly earnings of Jackson are below 1,200?Group of answer choices0.25Cannot be answered based on the information.0.50.75

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The probability that the weekly earnings of Jackson are below $1,200 is 0.50. This is because, in a normal distribution, the probability of a random variable being below the mean is always 0.50 or 50%.

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