BA 3010 CH 5 ( Data Analsis and Deision Making)

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Q1

ai) Problem type:
ii) Variables given:
iii: Variable for which we are to solve:
bi) Problem type:
ii) Variables given:
iii: Variable for which we are to solve:
ci) Problem type:
ii) Variables given:
iii: Variable for which we are to solve:
di) Problem type:
ii) Variables given:
iii: Variable for which we are to solve:

Q2

Z-value calculations
mean standard deviation x z
a) 50 7 33
b) 50 7 60
c) 82 63 172
d) 77 32 0.3
e) 37 12 0.3

Q3

Purchase amounts
mean $25
standard deviation $8
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Q4

Number of Trials 40
Prob. Success in any trial 25%
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Q5

Bakersfield San Francisco
Average Home Price $ 240,000 $ 620,000
Standard Deviation $ 75,000 $ 110,000
Family's Current Home $420,000
a) 99.18%
b) 3.45%
c) $ 884,000
d) 49.12%
e) $ 386,997.30
$ 93,002.70

A) This shows that 99.18% of all houses in Bakersfield are worth less than the house the family just sold. In other words, they lived in the 99.18th percentile of all Bakersfield houses.

Q6

Number in parts in one box 144
Number of boxes per shipment 6
Percent of parts defective 2%
a) 44.85%
b) 34.45%
c) 7.03%
d) 22.58%
e) 16.32%
f) 17.28
4.12

A) There is a 44.85% chance that 2 or fewer defects will be found in any given box.