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Which of the following is NOT a property of the Normal distribution? a. the area under the Normal density curve must add up to 1 b. the mean is equal to the median, and both lie directly in the middle of the curve c. approximately 5% of the data lies OUTSIDE 2 standard deviations from the mean d. approximately 68% of the data lies WITHIN 2 standard deviations from the mean e. all are correct

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Answer:The correct option is D.Step-by-step explanation:Consider the provided information.Normal distribution is where the data tends to be around a central value.The value of mean = median = mode68% of data are within the 1 standard deviation of mean, 95% of data are within the 2 standard deviation of mean, and 99.7% of data are within the 1 standard deviation of mean. Also area under the normal curve is equals to 1.Now consider the provided options.Option A and B are the property of normal distribution. So they can't be the correct option. Option c) Approximately 5 % of the data lies outside 2 standard deviations from mean.From the above information we know that 95% data are within the 2 standard deviation, that means 100%-95%=5% of the data lies outside 2 standard deviations.Hence, this option is incorrect Option D) Approximately 68% of the data lies WITHIN 2 standard deviations from the mean.68% data lies within 1st standard deviation, thus it is not a property of the normal distribution.Hence, Option D) Approximately 68% of the data lies WITHIN 2 standard deviations from the mean is correct.Option e) All are correctThis is an incorrect option because three of the choices are a property of the normal curve.