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- Median of odd count
The following are the weights (in kg) of seven people: 70, 62, 62, 75, 60, 65, and 78. Find the median of the weights of people. - The library
Anna stored a total of 126 books in three compartments of a library. The first compartment has 6 more books than the second. The number of books in the second compartment is the arithmetic mean of the number in the first and third compartments. Calculate - Suppose 4
Suppose that 14% of all steel shafts produced by a certain process are nonconforming but can be reworked (rather than having to be scrapped). Consider a random sample of 200 shafts, and let X denote the number among these that are nonconforming and can be - Rich retirement
Healthcare issues are receiving much attention in both academic and political arenas. A sociologist recently surveyed citizens over 60 years of age whose net worth is too high to qualify for government health care but who have no private health insurance. - Publishing company
Suppose you work for a publishing company, and before launching a new magazine targeting fashion-oriented consumers, your boss wants to hold a meeting with prospective advertisers. Assume that annual expenditures on magazine ads in this genre are normally - Arithmetic mean sixth
The arithmetic mean of the six numbers is precisely 9.5. The sum of these five numbers is 56.9. The sixth number is? - A plumber
A plumber has the following lengths of PVC: 3.3 ft, 9.77 ft, 8.41 ft, 9.61 ft, and 8 ft. What is his average length of PVC? - Day trip
A group of tourists went on a day trip. For two hours they walked at a speed of 6 km/h, for another hour they climbed a steep hill at a speed of 2 km/h, spent an hour and a half at lunch, then in an hour they inspected the castle garden at a free step at - Range, mean, median
The ages of 7 employees in an office are given below 32, 42, 30, 32, 33, 23, 32 Find a) Range b) Mean c) Median - A frequency
A frequency table of grades has five classes (A, B, C, D, F) with frequencies of 2,14,13,8, and 1, respectively. Using percentages, what are the relative frequencies of the five classes? - The average 3
The average of fractions is 7/10. One of the fractions is 2/3; the other fraction is? - Manufacturing company
A random sample of 8 manufacturing companies is selected from a population of manufacturing companies. The market values (in millions of rands) of these eight manufacturing companies are: 17 65 117 206 172 181 221 94 What is the lowest and highest market - Cycling tourism
Among modern forms of relaxation and sport is cycling tourism. A group of pupils of a primary school together with their physics teacher decided to go on ordinary bicycles along the route from start place A to destination B. The teacher prepared a surpris - Language test
Your language test scores are 58, 68, 89, and 95. What is the lowest you can earn on the next test while still achieving an average of at least 79? - An architect
An architect is designing a house. He wants the bedroom to have the dimensions of 8 ft by 4 ft by 7 ft. The architect doubles all three dimensions to create the den. Does that mean the den will have double the volume of the bedroom? First, find the volume - A professor
A professor in a typing class found out that the average performance of an expert typist is 85 words per minute. A random sample of 16 students took the typing test, and we obtained an average speed of 62 words per minute with a standard deviation of 8. C - Unemployment rate
Over the last 16 years, the country's unemployment rate has changed according to the following frequency table: years of unemployment: 2 5 2 3 3 1 unemployment rate: 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 in % (percent). Determine the two-sided confidence interval for the var - Confidence Interval
The average grade of 50 senior students in a statistics class is 85, with a standard deviation of 10.2. In comparison, 60 senior students got an average of 80 with a standard deviation of 8.9. Can the difference in the mean grade be attributed to chance, - Performance comparing
A standardized test was administered to thousands of students with a mean score of 85 and a standard deviation of 8. A random sample of 50 students was given the same test and showed an average score of 83.20. Is there evidence that this group performs le - Three sigma rule
The height of trees in a given stand is known to be a quantity with a normal probability distribution with a mean value of 15 m and a variance of 5 m². Determine the interval in which there will be tree heights in such a stand with a probability of 90%
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