Advil and Motrin IB produce the same headache relief medication with the active ingredient ibuprofen. Each pill should contain 200 mg of ibuprofen. A health agency obtains a sample of ten tablets from both manufacturers and measures how much ibuprofen each pill actually contains. Number of milligrams measured Advil 199.25 198.50 200.10 200.75 201.00 198.00 200.10 199.00 201.10 202.20 Motrin IB 205.00 195.80 195.20 203.20 205.80 194.40 204.60 194.60 207.20 194.20 (a) Verify on your calculator that each sample has a mean value of 200 mg. (b) What is the range of each sample? (c) However, based on the given sample values, which company
Advil and Motrin IB produce the same headache relief medication with the active ingredient ibuprofen. Each pill
should contain 200 mg of ibuprofen. A health agency obtains a sample of ten tablets from both manufacturers and measures
how much ibuprofen each pill actually contains.
Number of milligrams measured
Advil 199.25 198.50 200.10 200.75 201.00 198.00 200.10 199.00 201.10 202.20
Motrin IB 205.00 195.80 195.20 203.20 205.80 194.40 204.60 194.60 207.20 194.20
(a) Verify on your calculator that each sample has a
(b) What is the
(c) However, based on the given sample values, which company would you prefer to buy from? Justify your answer with statistical
reasoning. (Hint: argue using standard deviation and explain why this is desirable in this situation)
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