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A coin is tossed 400 times. Use the normal-curve approximation to find the probability of obtaining
What is a balanced transportation problem? Describe the approach you would use to solve an unbalanced problem.
In an opinion poll it is assumed that an unknown proportion p of the people are in favor of a proposed new law and a proportion 1 - p are against it. A sample of n people is taken to obtain their op
The Rockwell Electronics Corporation retains a service crew to repair machine breakdowns that occur on an average of ( = 3 per day (approximately Poisson in nature). The crew can service an average
Compare a 3-month moving average forecast with an exponential smoothing forecast using a = 0.2. Which provides the better forecasts?
Deseasonalize the data, and use the deseasonalized time series to identify the trend. Use the results of part (a) to develop a quarterly forecast for next year based on trend.
Consulting income at Kate Walsh Associates for the period February-July has been as follows:
Develop three- and four-month moving averages for this time series. Which moving average provides the better forecasts? Explain.
Use the gasoline sales time series data from Table to show the exponential smoothing forecasts using a = 0.1. Using the mean squared error criterion, would you prefer a smoothing constant of a = 0.1
Develop a trend line that could be used to predict the exchange rate for 2010. Use this model to predict the exchange rate for January 2010 and February 2010.
Develop the least-squares estimated regression equation that relates daily sales volume to the number of competitor restaurants within a 1-mile radius.
Suppose you obtain and read information about new pain medications. A study was conducted to test the side effects of two drugs for the pain medications. TABLE 1 shows the results from the
Define suitable populations from which the following samples are selected:
The amount of time that a drive-through bank teller spends on a customer is a random variable with a mean µ = 3.2 minutes and a standard deviation s = 1.6 minutes.
The average life of a bread-making machine is 7 years, with a standard deviation of 1 year. Assuming that the lives of these machines follow approximately a normal distribution, find
Another set, of 8 leads was tested after encapsulation to determine whether the pull strength has been increased by encapsulation of the device, with the following results: 24.9 22.8 23.6 22.1 20.4
If X1, X2,..., X0„ are independent random variables having identical exponential distributions with parameter 6, show that the density function of the random variable Y = X +X2+ ?c + Xn is th
Comment on the speculation that the mean amount of impurity is 0.20 grams per gram. Make use of the central limit theorem in your work.
A particular test for the presence of steroids is to be used after a professional track meet. If steroids are present, the test will accurately indicate this 95% of the time. However, if steroids ar
A sample of 100 customers of Montana Gas and Electric resulted in the following frequency distribution of monthly charges.
Consider a binomial experiment with n = 10 and p = 0.10. Use the binomial tables (Appendix B) to answer parts (a) through (d).
Cars arrive at Carla's Muffler shop for repair work at an average of 3 per hour, following an exponential distribution.
Find the probability of a fund having a high one-year return, the probability of a fund having a high five-year return, and the probability of a fund having both a high one-year return and a high f
Three lottery tickets for first, second, and third prizes are drawn from a group of 40 tickets. Find the number of sample points in S for awarding the 3 prizes if each contestant holds only 1 ticke
There is a 50-50 chance that the queen carries the gene of hemophilia. If she is a carrier, then each prince has a 50-50 chance of having hemophilia independently.