SOLUTION: The national average for math portion of the college board's SAT is 521 with a standard deviation of 84. The median is 521. What is the shape of the SAT math score distribution? Wh

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Question 986681: The national average for math portion of the college board's SAT is 521 with a standard deviation of 84. The median is 521. What is the shape of the SAT math score distribution? Why?
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Question: What is the shape of the SAT math score distribution?
Answer: normal distribution


Question: Why? Why is the distribution normal?
Answer: Because mean = median, since 521 = 521