Shania and Pedro are discussing whether it is always possible to solve a right

triangle, given enough information, without using the Pythagorean Theorem. Pedro
says that it is always possible, but Shania thinks that when two side lengths and
no angle measures are given, the Pythagorean Theorem is needed. Who is correct, and
why?
The upper boundaries for a distribution of waiting times (in seconds) in a grocery
store aisle are 46, 59, 72, and 85. List the value for each lower boundary in this
distribution.
One factor in determining how many cycles to time in a time study is the degree of
variation that is present in the observed times. Why?
www.g "How does your experimental factor compare to the standard conversion factor
of 454 g/lb?"
Jeff Brown has collected sales data for his cupcake stand. Calculate the weighted
moving average forecast for period 13 with weights 0.4 and 0.3. Round your answers
to 2 decimals. Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Sales 48 41 37 32 36 31 43 52 60 48
42.0 30.7
. It is estimated that 3% of the athletes competing in a large tournament are users
of an illegal drug to enhance performance. The test for this drug is 90% accurate.
What is the probability that an athlete who tests positive is actually a user?
A trader is designing his investment portfolio. He has prepared a list of potential
companies in which to purchase stock. These include 3 companies in agriculture, 4
companies in manufacturing and 6 companies in the high-tech industry. The trader is
going to print this list of companies. a. In how many ways can he print the list?
b. What is the probability that the last 2 companies in the list are manufacturing?
c. What is the probability that none of the agricultural companies are together in
the list? d. If we just look at the categories of the companies, how many ways are
there in which to print the list? e. The trader will select 5 stocks from the list
in which he will invest. How many ways can he select these? f.Of the 5 selected
stocks what is the probability that he will pick at least 2 high-tech stocks? g. Of
the 5 selected stocks what is the probability that the trader's pick contains 2 in
agriculture, 1 in manufacturing and 2 in high-tech industry?
employees in an office wear eyeglasses. 23 have single-wision correction, and 25
wear bifocals. If two employees are selected at random from this group, the
probability that both of them wear bifocals? What is the probability that both have
single-vision correction? Round your answers to four decimal places. and 25 wear
bifocals. If two employees are selected at random from this group, what is both
employees wear bifocals )-ta2607 both employees have single-vision correction
"A bag of peanuts in their shells contains 181 peanuts. 65 of the shells contain
one peanut, 111 of the shells contain two peanuts, and the rest contain three
peanuts. Of the shells with one peanut, 16 of them are cracked. Of the shells with
two peanuts, 30 of them are cracked. None of the shells with three peanuts are
cracked. One peanut shell is randomly selected from the bag.
A. What is the probability the shell is cracked?B. What is the probability the
shell is not cracked and it contains two peanuts?C. What is the probability the
shell is not cracked or it contains two peanuts?D. What is the probability the
shell is not cracked given that it contains two peanuts?"
"A bag of peanuts in their shells contains 181 peanuts. 65 of the shells contain
one peanut, 111 of the shells contain two peanuts, and the rest contain three
peanuts. Of the shells with one peanut, 16 of them are cracked. Of the shells with
two peanuts, 30 of them are cracked. None of the shells with three peanuts are
cracked. One peanut shell is randomly selected from the bag.
A. What is the probability the shell is cracked?B. What is the probability the
shell is not cracked and it contains two peanuts?C. What is the probability the
shell is not cracked or it contains two peanuts?D. What is the probability the
shell is not cracked given that it contains two peanuts?"
1. People who eat lots of fruits and vegetables have lower rates of colon cancer
than those who eat little of these foods. Fruits and vegetables are rich in
"antioxidants" such as vitamins A, C, and E. Will taking antioxidants help prevent
colon cancer? A medical experiment studied this question with 864 people who were
at risk of colon cancer. The subjects were divided into four groups: daily beta-
carotene, daily vitamins C and E, all three vitamins every day, or daily placebo.
After four years, the researchers were surprised to find no significant difference
in colon cancer among the groups.(a) What is the treatment and response in this
experiment?Treatment1.whether or not colon cancer develops2.whether or not subjects
consumed beta-carotene, vitamins C and E or both each day3.at risk or not of colon
cancer(b) Outline the design of the experiment. Use your judgment in choosing the
group sizes. (Select all that apply.)1. Randomly assign subjects to 4 groups.2.
Randomly assign 2 treatm
"The family of solutions to the differential equation y ′ = −4xy3 is y = 1 √ C +
4x2 . Find the solution that satisfies the initial condition y(−2) = 4.
1. y = 4 p 1 + 16(x2 − 4)
2. y = 1 p 1 + 64(x 2 − 4)
3. y = 4 p 1 + 4(x2 − 4)
4. y = 4 p 1 + 64(x 2 − 4)
5. y = 1 p −4(x2 − 4) + 1"
A national military bureau for a certain country collects data on active members in
the military. Results are published in a national journal. According to the
document, 77.177.1% of military members are in the reserves and 11.911.9% of
military members are Black and in the reserves. What percentage of military members
in the reserves are Black?
A national military bureau for a certain country collects data on active members in
the military. Results are published in a national journal. According to the
document, 77.177.1% of military members are in the reserves and 11.911.9% of
military members are Black and in the reserves. What percentage of military members
in the reserves are Black?
"Prove each of the following statements below using one of the proof techniques and
state the proof strategy you use.
a. The product of an odd and even integer is even.
b. Let m and n be integers. Show that if mn is even, then m is even or n is even.
c. If r is a nonzero rational number and p is an irrational number, then rp is
irrational.
d. For all real numbers a, b,and c, max(a, max(b,c)) = max(max(a, b),c).
e. If a and bare rational numbers, then ab is rational too.
f. If a and bare two distinct rational numbers, then there exists an irrational
number between them.
g. If m +n and n+p are even integers where m, n,p are integers, then m +p is even."
A PERT project has 45 activities, 19 of which are on the critical path. The
estimated time for the critical path is 120 days. The sum of all activity variances
is 64, while the sum of variances along the critical path is 36. What is the
probability that the project can be completed between days 108 and 120?A) 0.0227B)
0.1058C) minus−2.00D) 0.9773E) 0.4773
A PERT project has 45 activities, 19 of which are on the critical path. The
estimated time for the critical path is 120 days. The sum of all activity variances
is 64, while the sum of variances along the critical path is 36. What is the
probability that the project can be completed between days 108 and 120?A) 0.0227B)
0.1058C) minus−2.00D) 0.9773E) 0.4773
lakefront resort is planning for its summer busy season. It wishes to estimate with
95% confidence the average number of nights each guest will stay in a consecutive
visit. Using a sample of guests who stayed last year, the average number of nights
per guest is calculated at 5 nights. The standard deviation of the sample is 1.5
nights. The size of the sample used is 120 guests and the resort desires a
precision of plus or minus .5 nights. What is the standard error of the mean in the
lakefront resort example? Within what range below can the resort expect with 95%
confidence for the true population mean to fall?
"Is there a relationship between the raises administrators at State University
receive and their performance on the job? A faculty group wants to determine
whether job rating (x) is a useful linear predictor of raise (y). Consequently, the
group considered the straight-line regression model
y ^= β0 +β1x.
Using the method of least squares, the faculty group obtained the following
prediction equation:
y ^= 14,000 - 2,000x
Interpret the estimated y-intercept of the line.
A) For an administrator who receives a rating of zero, we estimate his or her raise
to be $14,000.
B) For a 1-point increase in an administrator's rating, we estimate the
administrator's raise to increase $14,000.
C) The base administrator raise at State University is $14,000.
D) There is no practical interpretation, since rating of 0 is nonsensical and
outside the range of the sample data."
A synthetic fiber used in manufacturing carpet has tensile strength that is
normally distributed with mean 75.5 psi and standard deviation 3.5 psi. How is the
standard deviation of the sample mean changed when the sample size is increased
from n=6 to n=49?
Use back-substitution to solve the system. (Enter your answers as a comma-separated
list. If there is no solution, enter NO SOLUTION. If the system has an infinite
number of solutions, set z = t and solve for x and y in terms of t.) −x + y − z = 0
2y + z = 5 1 5 z = 0
An automotive manufacturer has developed a new type of tire that the research team
believes to increase fuel efficiency. the manufacturer wants to test if there is an
increase in the mean gas mileage of mid-sized sedans that use the new type of tire,
compared to 32 miles per gallon, the historic mean gas mileage of mid-sized sedans
not using the new tires. The automotive manufacturer should perform a
_____________ hypothesis test to _____________.(1) One-sided,analyze a change in
single population(2) Two sided,analyze a change in a single population(3) One-
sided,compare two populations(4) Two-sided,compare two populations
"You need to prepare 50g of an ointment with 15% of zinc oxide. However, your
pharmacy has no zinc oxide powder and the only thing you have is two lots of zinc
oxide ointment containing, respectively, 50% and 5% of zinc oxide.
1. How many grams of the 50% ointment you need to prepare this formula?"
6. Problems and Applications Q6 Consider an economy that produces only chocolate
bars. In year 1, the quantity produced is 3 bars and the price is $2. In year 2,
the quantity produced is 5 bars and the price is $4. In year 3, the quantity
produced is 7 bars and the price is $6. Using year 1 as the base year, compute
nominal GDP, real GDP, and the GDP deflator for each year. Year Nominal GDP Real
GDP GDP Deflator (Dollars) (Dollars) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 The percentage growth
rate of real GDP from year 2 to year 3 is % . The inflation rate as measured by the
GDP deflator from year 2 to year 3 is % .
The position of a particle moving along a coordinate line is s = √63 + 6t , with s
in meters and t in seconds. Find the rate of change of the particle's position at t
= 3 sec.
The position of a particle moving along a coordinate line is s = √63 + 6t , with s
in meters and t in seconds. Find the rate of change of the particle's position at t
= 3 sec.
Three students were applying to the same graduate school. They came from schools
with different grading systems. Student GPA School Average GPA School Standard
Deviation Thuy 2.7 3.2 0.8 Vichet 88 75 20 Kamala 8.8 8 0.4 Which student had the
best GPA when compared to other students at his school? Explain how you determined
your answer. (Enter your standard deviation to two decimal places.) had the best
GPA compared to other students at his school, since his GPA is standard deviations
Write a formula that expresses Δ y in terms of Δ x . (Hint: enter "Delta" for Δ .)
Suppose that y = 2.5 y=2.5 when x = 1.5 x=1.5. Write a formula that expresses y in
terms of x x
On the basis of data provided by a salary survey, the variance in annual salaries
for seniors in public accounting firms is approximately 2.1 and the variance in
annual salaries for managers in public accounting firms is approximately 11.1. The
salary data were provided in thousands of dollars. Assuming that the salary data
were based on samples of 25 seniors and 26 managers, test to determine whether
there is a significant difference between the variances of salaries for seniors and
managers. At a 0.05 level of significance, what is your conclusion?
An unprepared student guesses all the answers randomly. Find the probability the
student's first and third answers are correct and his second answer is wrong. The
probability of the student's answers being CWC is nothing.
Brown eyes (B) are dominant to blue eyes (b), and the allele for freckles is
recessive. What is the probability that the couple below will have a son with blue
eyes and freckles?
McDonald's Corporation has reported the following values for total revenues and net
income during the 1998 to 2005 period. All data are in billions of dollars: Source:
McDonald's Corporation, 2005 Annual Report. 1998 1999 2000
2001 Net Income 1.55 1.95 1.98 1.64Total Revenues 12.42
13.26 14.24 14.87 2002 2003 2004 2005 Net
Income 0.89 1.47 2.28 2.60Total Revenues 15.41 17.14
19.07 20.46 Determine the least-squares regression equation line for estimating
net income and interpret its slope.
"Let X denote the number of bits received in error in a digital communication
channel, and assume that X is a binomial with p = 0.0002. If 1000 bits are
transmitted, determine the following. Round your answers to four decimal places
(e.g. 98.7654).
(a) P(X = 1)
(b) P(X ≥ 1)
(c) P(X ≤ 2)
(d) mean and variance of X."
A ship embarked on a long voyage. At the start of the voyage, there were 300 ants
in the cargo hold of the ship. One week into the voyage, there were 600 ants.
Suppose the population of ants is an exponential function of time. (Round your
answers to two decimal places.) How long did it take the population to double?
weeks How long did it take the population to triple? weeks When were there 10, 000
ants on board? weeks There also was an exponentially-growing population of
anteaters on board. At the start of the voyage there were 17 anteaters, and the
population of anteaters doubled every 3.2 weeks. How long into the voyage were
there 200 ants per anteater?
d. Is the statement "Two fundamental questions about a linear system involve
existence and uniqueness" true or false? Explain.
In 1982 John Hinckley was on trial, accused of having attempted to kill the then US
President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity. In
some, but not all, cases, probability calculations are admissible in a court of
law. The defense sought to establish that brain scan results like John Hinckley's
appeared in a higher percentage of schizophrenics than of normal people his age.
During Hinckley's trial, an expert witness, Dr. Weinberger, told the court that
when individuals suffering from schizophrenia were given computerized axial
tomography (CAT) scans, the scans showed brain atrophy in 30% of cases compared
with only 2% of scans done on normal people. Health records show that 1.5% of the
people in the United States suffer from schizophrenia. Hinckley's CAT scan showed
brain atrophy. Calculate the probability that Hinckley suffered from schizophrenia
given his CAT scan showed brain atrophy Make sure you don't round any intermediate
calculations. Round your f
"The proportion of traffic fatalities for each U.S. state resulting from drivers
with high alcohol blood levels in 1982 was approximately normally distributed, with
mean 0.569 and standard deviation 0.068.
a. What proportion of states would you expect to have more than 65% of their
traffic fatalities from drunk driving?
b. What proportion of deaths due to drunk driving would you expect to be at the
25th percentile of this distribution?"
A town has a merchant, a baker, and a farmer. To produce $1 worth of output, the
merchant requires $0.15 worth of baked goods and $0.35 worth of the farmer's
products. To produce $1 worth of output, the baker requires $0.45 worth of the
merchant's goods, $0.20 worth of his own goods, and $0.35 worth of the farmer's
goods. To produce $1 worth of output, the farmer requires $0.25 worth of the
merchant's goods, $0.25 worth of baked goods, and $0.30 worth of his own products.
How much should the merchant, baker, and farmer produce to meet a demand for $18
comma 000 worth of output from the merchant, $11 comma 000 worth of output from the
baker, and $12 comma 000 worth of output from the farmer?
Scores on a test are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 70 and a
standard deviation of 9. The teacher wants to give A's to the top 10% of students,
B's to the next 25%, C's to the next 40%, D's to the next 16%, and F's to the
bottom 9%. What is the bottom cutoff for a D grade? Round your answer to the
nearest whole number. a) 58b) 65c) 62d) 56
"A manufacturer makes bags of popcorn and bags of potato chips. The average weight
of a bag of popcorn is supposed to be 3.05 ounces with an allowable deviation of
0.04 ounces. The average weight of a bag of potato chips is supposed to be 5.01
ounces with an allowable deviation of 0.05 ounces. A factory worker randomly
selects a bag of popcorn from the assembly line and it has a weight of 3.03 ounces.
Then the worker randomly selects a bag of potato chips from the assembly line and
it has a weight of 5.07 ounces. Which description closely matches the findings on
the assembly line? Answer 4 Points Keypad
The popcorn bag assembly line is closer to the specifications given because its z-
score is closer to the standard mean than the potato chip bag assembly line.
The popcorn bag assembly line is closer to the specifications given because its z-
score is further from the standard mean than the potato chip bag assembly line.
The potato chip bag assembly line is closer to th"
Determine whether each of these functions from {a, b, c, d} to itself is one-to-
one, onto, bijective. (a) f(a)=b, f(b)=a, f(c)=c, f(d)=d (b) f(a)=b, f(b)=b,
f(c)=d, f(d)=c (c) f(a)=d, f(b)=b, f(c)=c, f(d)=d
Consider a Poisson probability distribution in a process with an average of 3 flaws
every 100 feet. Find the probability of 4 flaws in 100 feet.
"Suppose that Y1,....Yn are i.i.d random variables with a N (μγ, σ^2y)
distribution. How would the probability density of Y change as the sample size n
increases?
a. As the sample size increases, the variance of ȳ decreases. So, the distribution
of ȳ becomes highly concentrated around μy.
b. As the sample size increases, the variance of ȳ decreases. So, the distribution
of ȳ becomes less concentrated around μ μy.
c. As the sample size increases, the variance of ȳ increases. So, the distribution
of ȳ becomes highly concentrated around μy.
d. As the sample size increases, the variance of ȳ increases. So, the distribution
of ȳ becomes less concentrated around μy"
The number of hits on a certain website follows a Poisson distribution with a mean
rate of 4 per minute. (a.) What is the probability that 5 hits are received in a
given minute? (b.) What is the probability that 9 hits are received in 1.5 minutes?
(c.) What is the probability that fewer than 3 hits are received in a period of 30
seconds?
Considering the following hydropathy plot for a protein with 4 transmembrane
domain. This protein functions in the plasma membrane. The position of 3 positively
charged residues near the first transmembrane helix is indicated by an asterisk on
the plot. 1. Are the protein termini expected to be located inside (I) or outside
(O) of the cell or display one terminus on the inside and the other one on the
outside (I/O)
During off hours, cars arrive at a tollbooth on the East-West toll road at an
average rate of 0.5 cars per minute. The arrivals are distributed according to a
Poisson distribution. What is the probability that during the next five minutes,
three cars will arrive
A bunch of mixed colored roses has 5 red roses, 3 pink roses, 2 white roses, and 2
yellow roses. What is the probability of drawing a pink rose from this bunch of
roses?
You work in marketing for a company that produces work boots. Quality control has
sent you a memo detailing the length of time before the boots wear out under heavy
use. They find that the boots wear out in an average of 208 days, but the exact
amount of time varies, following a normal distribution with a standard deviation of
14 days. For an upcoming ad campaign, you need to know the percent of the pairs
that last longer than six months—that is, 180 days. Use the empirical rule to
approximate this percent.
4.14 Defective rate. A machine that produces a special type of transistor (a
component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. The production is considered a
random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) What is the
probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect
The exchange rate for Hong Dollars is US$/HK$ = 12.81¢ (cents) (i.e. 0.1281). How
many US dollars will it cost to purchase a hard drive priced at HK$ 390? Be sure to
indicate US$ as the currency unit in your answer.
"Consider a large insurance company with two types of policies: A and B. Suppose
the number of claims the company sees in a given day has a Poissondistribution with
a mean 12. Suppose further that a randomly selected claim isfrom a Type A policy is
1/4.
a. Find the probability that the company will receive at least 5 claims from A
policies tomorrow.
b. Find the probability that the company will receive at least 5 claims from B
policies tomorrow.
c. Find the probability that the company will receive at least 10 total claims
tomorrow."
"A flu epidemic is spreading through a town of 48,000 people. It is found that if x
and y denote the numbers of people sick and well in a given week respectively.
And if s and w denote the corresponding numbers for the following week, then
1/3 x + ¼ y = s
2/3 x + ¾ y = w
1) write this system of equations in a matrix form
2)Suppose that 13,000 people are sick in a given week. how many were sick the
preceding week?"
Determine (without solving the problem) an interval in which the solution of the
given initial value problem is certain to exist. (Enter your answer using interval
notation.) (t − 5)y' + (ln t)y = 6t, y(1) = 6
"A disease is infecting a colony of 1000 penguins living on a remote island. Let
P(t) be the number of sick penguins t days after the outbreak. Suppose that 50
penguins had the disease initially, and suppose that the disease is spreading at a
rate proportional to the product of the time elapsed and the number of penguins who
do not have the disease.
(a) Give the mathematical model(differential equation and initial condition) for P.
(b) Find the generalsolution of the differential equation in (a).
(c) Find the particular solution that satisfies the initial condition."
In an experiment examining the effects Tai Chi on arthritis pain, Callahan (2010)
selected a large sample of individuals with doctor-diagnosed arthritis. Half of the
participants immediately began a Tai Chi course and the other half (the control
group) waited 8 weeks before beginning. At the end of 8 weeks, the individuals who
had experienced Tai Chi had less arthritis pain that those who had not participated
in the course. a. Identify the independent variable for this study. b. What scale
of measurement is used for the independent variable? c. Identify the dependent
variable for this study. d. What scale of measurement is used for the dependent
variable?