Shape of the distribution in national average sat score

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The national average SAT score (for Verbal and Math) is 1028. Suppose that nothing is known about the shape of the distribution and that the standard deviation is 100. If a random sample of 200 scores were selected and the sample mean were calculated to be 1050, would you be surprised? Explain.

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