Answered: To estimate the number of new COVID…

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

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To estimate the number of new COVID cases over the next month, a hospital administrator decides to use a simulation model. In particular, she assumes that she can use a normal distribution with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 60. Use the following ten random numbers to run a simulation of the number of new COVID cases over the next month:
0.60, 0.35, 0.14, 0.03, 0.97, 0.42, 0.11, 0.73, 0.17, 0.45

a) Based on this simulation, what is the average number of new COVID cases over the next month?

b) Based on this simulation, what is the highest number of new COVID cases over the next month?

c) Based on this simulation, what is the probability of getting less than 450 new COVID cases over the next month?

Features Features Normal distribution is characterized by two parameters, mean (µ) and standard deviation (σ). When graphed, the mean represents the center of the bell curve and the graph is perfectly symmetric about the center. The mean, median, and mode are all equal for a normal distribution. The standard deviation measures the data's spread from the center. The higher the standard deviation, the more the data is spread out and the flatter the bell curve looks. Variance is another commonly used measure of the spread of the distribution and is equal to the square of the standard deviation.

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