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Normal Distribution:

The normal distribution is a probability density which is bell-shaped, symmetrical, and single peaked. The mean, median and mode coincide and lie at the center of the distribution. The two tails extend indefinitely and never touch the x-axis (asymptotic to the x-axis). A normal distribution is fully specified by two parameters - mean and the standard deviation.

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