Find standard deviation of distribution of the sample mean

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A survey found that the American family generates an average of 17.2 pounds of glass garbage each year. The standard deviation is 2.5 pounds. If researchers want to take a new sample of size 55, what will be the standard deviation of the distribution of the sample mean?

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