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There are two cars. The sum of the average miles per gallon obtained by the two cards in a particular week is 60. The first car consumed 20 gallons during that week and the second car consumed 15 gallons, for a total of 1100 miles driven by the two cars combined. What was the average gas mileage obtained by each of the two cars in that week?

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There are two cars. The sum of the average miles per gallon obtained by the two cards in a particular week is 60. The first car consumed 20 gallons during that week and the second car consumed 15 gallons, ...

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  • "Your solution, looks excellent. I recognize things from previous chapters. I have seen the standard deviation formula you used to get 5.154. I do understand the Central Limit Theorem needs the sample size (n) to be greater than 30, we have 100. I do understand the sample mean(s) of the population will follow a normal distribution, and that CLT states the sample mean of population is the population (mean), we have 143.74. But when and WHY do we use the standard deviation formula where you got 5.154. WHEN & Why use standard deviation of the sample mean. I don't understand, why don't we simply use the "100" I understand that standard deviation is the square root of variance. I do understand that the variance is the square of the differences of each sample data value minus the mean. But somehow, why not use 100, why use standard deviation of sample mean? Please help explain."
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