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Scores on a particular test have a mean of 64.6. The distribution of sample means for samples of size 100 is normal with a mean of 64.6 and a standard deviation of 1.9. Suppose you take a sample of size 100 of test scores and find that the mean is 63. What is the z-score corresponding to this sample mean?

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