A population of adult fish in East Lake are known to have an average weight of 7 kilograms and standard deviation of 1.5 kilograms. If you caught an adult fish in East Lake that weighed 10 kilograms, would this be a very unusual fish? Why or why not?

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A population of adult fish in East Lake are known to have an average weight of 7
kilograms and standard deviation of 1.5 kilograms. If you caught an adult fish in East Lake that weighed 10 kilograms, would this be a very unusual fish? Why or why not?

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