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Prison Sentences The average prison sentence for a person convicted of second-degree murder is 15 years. If the sentences are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 2.2 years, find the following probabilities. Round the final answers to at least four decimal places and intermediate z-value calculations to two decimal places. Part: 0/2 Part 1 of 2 (a) A prison sentence is greater than 19 years. P(X>19) -

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