At the end of summer, the total weight of seeds accumulated by a nest of seed-gathering ants will vary from nest to nest. If the total weight of seeds accumulated by a nest is exponentially distributed with parameter λ = 1/5, (a) What is the probability that the total combined weight of the seeds gathered by 100 nests will be larger than 4 95 pounds by the end of next summer? (b) What is the probability that the average weight of the seeds gathered by the 100 nests is larger than 5.3 ? (c) What assumptions are you making to answer parts (a) and (b)? Do you think those assumptions make sense in the context of this problem? Explain. (d) Tell us about the possibility that the total combined weight of the seeds gathered by 2 nests follows a normal distribution. Justify your answer in the specific context of this problem (ants, nests, seed-gathering). That is, do not just make generic statements that you think apply to every context in the world.
At the end of summer, the total weight of seeds accumulated by a nest of seed-gathering ants will vary from nest to nest. If the total weight of seeds accumulated by a nest is exponentially distributed with parameter λ = 1/5,
(a) What is the
(b) What is the probability that the average weight of the seeds gathered by the 100 nests is larger than 5.3 ?
(c) What assumptions are you making to answer parts (a) and (b)? Do you think those assumptions make sense in the context of this problem? Explain.
(d) Tell us about the possibility that the total combined weight of the seeds gathered by 2 nests follows a
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