Introduction to Probability and Statistics
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Author: Mendenhall, William
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6.3, Problem 6.25E
Sunflowers An experimenter publishing in the Annals of Botany investigated whether the stem diameters of the dicot sunflower would change depending on whether the plant was left to sway freely in the wind or was artificially supported.
a. What is the
b. If two sunflower plants are randomly selected, what is the probability that both plants will have a basal diameter of more than 40 mm?
c. Within what limits would you expect the basal diameters to lie, with probability .95?
d. What diameter represents the 90th percentile of the distribution of diameters?
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