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What was the age distribution of prehistoric Native Americans?
Age Range: --------- 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-and over
Number of individuals: 34 18 17 11

Estimate the mean age expressed in years for this community, the sample standard deviation. For the class 31 and over, use 35.5 as the class midpoint.

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