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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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4. The mean height of an adult giraffe is 19 feet. Suppose that the distribution is normally distributed with standard deviation 0.8 feet. Let X be the height of a randomly selected adult giraffe. Round all answers to 4 decimal places where possible.

a. What is the distribution of X? X ~ N( ? , ? )

b. What is the median giraffe height? ft.

c. What is the Z-score for a giraffe that is 21 foot tall?

d. What is the probability that a randomly selected giraffe will be shorter than 18.3 feet tall?

e. What is the probability that a randomly selected giraffe will be between 18.7 and 19.5 feet tall?

f. The 85th percentile for the height of giraffes is ? ft.

Definition Definition Middle value of a data set. The median divides a data set into two halves, and it also called the 50th percentile. The median is much less affected by outliers and skewed data than the mean. If the number of elements in a dataset is odd, then the middlemost element of the data arranged in ascending or descending order is the median. If the number of elements in the dataset is even, the average of the two central elements of the arranged data is the median of the set. For example, if a dataset has five items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31—the median is the third item in ascending order, or 21. If a dataset has six items—12, 13, 21, 27, 31, 33—the median is the average of the third (21) and fourth (27) items. It is calculated as follows: (21 + 27) / 2 = 24.

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