The actual weight of 2-pound sacks of salted peanuts is found to be normally distributed with a mean equal to 2.04 pounds and a standard deviation of 0.25 pounds. Given this information, the probability of a sack weighing more than 2.40 pounds is 0.4251.

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The probability of a sack weighing more than 2.40 pounds would be calculated using the normal distribution formula, and given the mean (2.04) and standard deviation (0.25), the probability of a sack weighing more than 2.40 pounds would be much lower than 0.4251, as 2.40 pounds is significantly above the mean.

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