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SAT scores were originally scaled so that the scores for each section were approximately normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. Use the empirical rule to estimate the probability that a randomly-selected student gets a section score between 400 and 700.

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Given:

a.) SAT scores were originally scaled so that the scores for each section were approximately normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100.

b.) Use the empirical rule to estimate the probability that a randomly-selected student gets a section score between 400 and 700.

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