Explain in what sense the population variance is sensitive

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1. If the cholesterol levels of adults are normally distributed with mean 230 and standard deviation 25, what is the probability that a randomly sampled adult has a cholesterol level greater than 260?

2. Explain in what sense the population variance is sensitive to small changes in a distribution.

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