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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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The distribution of weights of African bush elephants is skewed to the right with mean 6.42 tons and
standard deviation 1.07 tons. Let the random variable W represent the weight, in tons, of a randomly
selected elephant. The weight is converted to kilograms using the formula Y= 900W. Which of the
following best describes the distribution of Y ?

WHAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER

A. Roughly symmetric with mean 5,778 kilograms and standard deviation 1.07 kilograms.

B. Roughly symmetric with mean 5,778 kilograms and standard deviation 963 kilograms.

C. Skewed to the right with mean 906.42 kilograms and standard deviation 1.07 kilograms.

D. Skewed to the right with mean 5,778 kilograms and standard deviation 1.07 kilograms.

E. Skewed to the right with mean 5,778 kilograms and standard deviation 963 kilograms.

Definition Definition Measure of central tendency that is the average of a given data set. The mean value is evaluated as the quotient of the sum of all observations by the sample size. The mean, in contrast to a median, is affected by extreme values. Very large or very small values can distract the mean from the center of the data. Arithmetic mean: The most common type of mean is the arithmetic mean. It is evaluated using the formula: μ = 1 N ∑ i = 1 N x i Other types of means are the geometric mean, logarithmic mean, and harmonic mean. Geometric mean: The nth root of the product of n observations from a data set is defined as the geometric mean of the set: G = x 1 x 2 ... x n n Logarithmic mean: The difference of the natural logarithms of the two numbers, divided by the difference between the numbers is the logarithmic mean of the two numbers. The logarithmic mean is used particularly in heat transfer and mass transfer. ln x 2 − ln x 1 x 2 − x 1 Harmonic mean: The inverse of the arithmetic mean of the inverses of all the numbers in a data set is the harmonic mean of the data. 1 1 x 1 + 1 x 2 + ...

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