Kathy and Linda both accepted new jobs at different companies. Kathy's starting salary is $31,500 and Linda's starting salary is $33,000. They are curious to know who has the better starting salary, when compared to the salary distributions of their new employers. A website that collects salary information from a sample of employees for a number of major employers reports that Kathy's company offers a mean salary of $42,000 with a standard deviation of $7,000. Linda's company offers a mean salary of $45,000 with a standard deviation of $6,000. Find the z-scores corresponding to each woman's starting salary.
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