Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)
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Author: Ron Larson, Betsy Farber
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Worksheet 10
Jesse runs a small business selling and delivering mealie meal to the spaza shops.
He charges a fixed rate of R80, 00 for delivery and then R15, 50 for each packet of
mealle meal he delivers. The table below helps him to calculate what to charge
his customers.
10
20
30
40
50
Packets of mealie
meal (m)
Total costs in Rands
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235
390
545
700
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Define the following terms:
10.1.1. Independent Variables
10.1.2. Dependent Variables
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Determine the independent and dependent variables.
Are the variables in this scenario discrete or continuous values? Explain
What shape do you expect the graph to be? Why?
Draw a graph on the graph provided to represent the information in the
table above.
TOTAL COST OF PACKETS OF MEALIE MEAL
900
800
700
600
COST (R)
500
400
300
200
100
0
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60
NUMBER OF PACKETS OF MEALIE MEAL
Let X be a random variable with support SX = {−3, 0.5, 3, −2.5, 3.5}. Part ofits probability mass function (PMF) is given bypX(−3) = 0.15, pX(−2.5) = 0.3, pX(3) = 0.2, pX(3.5) = 0.15.(a) Find pX(0.5).(b) Find the cumulative distribution function (CDF), FX(x), of X.1(c) Sketch the graph of FX(x).
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Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)
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