Mathematics, 14.07.2020 01:01 kingje1477

The amount of pollutants that are found in waterways near large cities is normally distributed with mean 8.6 ppm and standard deviation 1.3 ppm. 38 randomly selected large cities are studied. Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible a. What is the distribution of X?
b. What is the distribution of a?
c. What is the probability that one randomly selected city's waterway will have more than 8.5 ppm pollutants?
d. For the 38 cities, find the probability that the average amount of pollutants is more than 8.5 ppm.
e. For part d), is the assumption that the distribution is normal necessary?
f. Find the IQR for the average of 38 cities.
Q1= ppm
Q3 = ppm
IQR= ppm

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We assume that question b is asking for the distribution of $\\ \overline{x}$ , that is, the distribution for the average amount of pollutants.

a. The distribution of X is a normal distribution $\\ X \sim N(8.6, 1.3)$ .

b. The distribution for the average amount of pollutants is $\\ \overline{X} \sim N(8.6, \frac{1.3}{\sqrt{38}})$ .

c. $\\ P(z-0.08) = 0.5319$ .

d. $\\ P(z-0.47) = 0.6808$ .

e. We do not need to assume that the distribution from we take the sample is normal. We already know that the distribution for X is normally distributed. Moreover, the distribution for $\\ \overline{X}$ is also normal because the sample was taken from a normal distribution.

f. $\\ IQR = 0.2868$ ppm. $\\ Q1 = 8.4566$ ppm and $\\ Q3 = 8.7434$ ppm.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, we have all this information from the question:

The random variable here, X, is the number of pollutants that are found in waterways near large cities.This variable is normally distributed, with parameters: $\\ \mu = 8.6$ ppm. $\\ \sigma = 1.3$ ppm.There is a sample of size, $\\ n = 38$ taken from this normal distribution.

a. What is the distribution of X?

The distribution of X is the normal (or Gaussian) distribution. X (uppercase) is the random variable, and follows a normal distribution with $\\ \mu = 8.6$ ppm and $\\ \sigma =1.3$ ppm or $\\ X \sim N(8.6, 1.3)$ .

b. What is the distribution of $\\ \overline{x}$ ?

The distribution for $\\ \overline{x}$ is $\\ N(\mu, \frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}})$ , i.e., the distribution for the sampling distribution of the means follows a normal distribution:

$\\ \overline{X} \sim N(8.6, \frac{1.3}{\sqrt{38}})$ .

c. What is the probability that one randomly selected city's waterway will have more than 8.5 ppm pollutants?

Notice that the question is asking for the random variable X (and not $\\ \overline{x}$ ). Then, we can use a standardized value or z-score so that we can consult the standard normal table.

$\\ z = \frac{x - \mu}{\sigma}$ [1]

x = 8.5 ppm and the question is about $\\ P(x8.5)$ =?

Using [1]

$\\ z = \frac{8.5 - 8.6}{1.3}$

$\\ z = \frac{-0.1}{1.3}$

$\\ z = -0.07692 \approx -0.08$ (standard normal table has entries for two decimals places for z).

For $\\ z = -0.08$ , is $\\ P(z$ .

But, we are asked for $\\ P(z-0.08) \approx P(x8.5)$ .

$\\ P(z-0.08) = 1$

$\\ P(z-0.08) = 1 - P(z$

$\\ P(z-0.08) = 0.5319$

Thus, "the probability that one randomly selected city's waterway will have more than 8.5 ppm pollutants" is $\\ P(z-0.08) = 0.5319$ .

d. For the 38 cities, find the probability that the average amount of pollutants is more than 8.5 ppm.

Or $\\ P(\overline{x} 8.5)$ ppm?

This random variable follows a standardized random variable normally distributed, i.e. $\\ Z \sim N(0, 1)$ :

$\\ Z = \frac{\overline{X} - \mu}{\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}}$ [2]

$\\ z = \frac{\overline{8.5} - 8.6}{\frac{1.3}{\sqrt{38}}}$

$\\ z = \frac{-0.1}{0.21088}$

$\\ z = \frac{-0.1}{0.21088} \approx -0.47420 \approx -0.47$

$\\ P(z$

Again, we are asked for $\\ P(z-0.47)$ , then

$\\ P(z-0.47) = 1 - P(z$

$\\ P(z-0.47) = 1 - 0.3192$

$\\ P(z-0.47) = 0.6808$

Then, the probability that the average amount of pollutants is more than 8.5 ppm for the 38 cities is $\\ P(z-0.47) = 0.6808$ .

e. For part d), is the assumption that the distribution is normal necessary?

For this question, we do not need to assume that the distribution from we take the sample is normal. We already know that the distribution for X is normally distributed. Moreover, the distribution for $\\ \overline{X}$ is also normal because the sample was taken from a normal distribution. Additionally, the sample size is large enough to show a bell-shaped distribution.

f. Find the IQR for the average of 38 cities.

We must find the first quartile (25th percentile), and the third quartile (75th percentile). For $\\ P(z$ , $\\ z \approx -0.68$ , then, using [2]:

$\\ -0.68 = \frac{\overline{X} - 8.6}{\frac{1.3}{\sqrt{38}}}$

$\\ (-0.68 *0.21088) + 8.6 = \overline{X}$

$\\ \overline{x} =8.4566$

$\\ Q1 = 8.4566$ ppm.

For Q3

$\\ 0.68 = \frac{\overline{X} - 8.6}{\frac{1.3}{\sqrt{38}}}$

$\\ (0.68 *0.21088) + 8.6 = \overline{X}$

$\\ \overline{x} =8.7434$

$\\ Q3 = 8.7434$ ppm.

$\\ IQR = Q3-Q1 = 8.7434 - 8.4566 = 0.2868$ ppm

Therefore, the IQR for the average of 38 cities is $\\ IQR = 0.2868$ ppm. $\\ Q1 = 8.4566$ ppm and $\\ Q3 = 8.7434$ ppm.

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54 kilometers per hour

step-by-step explanation:

according to rules:

1 km = 1000 meter

which means that 1 meter = 1/1000 km

1 hour = 3600 second [ as 1 hour = 60 min = 60 *60 seconds ]

which means that 1 second = 1/3600 hour

therefore, 1 kilometer/hour = $(1/1000)/(1/3600)=3600/1000=18/5=3.6 kilometer/hour$

thus to convert 15 meter per second to kilometer per hour, we multiply 15 to 3.6 kilometer/hour.

15 meter/second= $15*3.6=54 kilometer/hour$ which is the required answer.

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