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Answer:
£59.25
Step-by-step explanation:
Hello!
To solve this problem, we must:
- Solve for the length of the fence (aka height)
- Find the area of the lawn (trapezoid)
- Find the number of cans needed
- Find the price of all the cans
Area of a trapezoid, and why the formula works:
A trapezoid is a quadrilateral with one set of parallel sides known as bases. The other two sides are known as the legs.
To find the area of a trapezoid, we use the formula:
This works because if we used the formula, we would be duplicating the trapezoid to form a rectangle with a side length of B1 + B2, and a height of h. Since the trapezoid is half of that, we divide by 2.
Solve for height:
The height is unknown but can be found using the Pythagorean Theorem.
The difference between the bases is the length of the bottom leg of the right triangle, and 17 is the hypotenuse.
Difference = 20 - 12 = 8
Hypotenuse = 17
- 8² + fence² = 17²
- 64 + fence² = 289
- 225 = fence²
- fence = 15
The height is 15
Solve for area:
Now we can solve for the area.
The area is 240
Cans:
The area of the lawn is 240 square meters. Each can cover 100 square meters.
- 240 ÷ 100 = 2.4
Since we can't use part of a can, we round up to three whole cans.
The price of 3 cans :
- 3 * 19.75
- 59.25
£59.25
The Pythagorean Theorem:
The Pythagorean theorem is a very common geometry formula used to find the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle, given the lengths of the two other bases.
The formula is :
- a is a leg
- b is a leg
- c is the hypotenuse
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Answer:
The mean is of -0.4 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
To solve this question, we need to understand the central limit theorem and subtraction of normal variables.
Central Limit Theorem
The Central Limit Theorem establishes that, for a normally distributed random variable X, with mean and standard deviation
, the sampling distribution of the sample means with size n can be approximated to a normal distribution with mean
and standard deviation
.
For a skewed variable, the Central Limit Theorem can also be applied, as long as n is at least 30.
Subtraction between normal variables:
When two normal variables are subtracted, the mean is the difference of the means, while the standard deviation is the square root of the sum of the variances.
Mean of the sample of 64 Duracell:
By the Central Limit Theorem, 4.1 hours.
Mean of the sample of 64 Eveready:
By the Central Limit Theorem, 4.5 hours.
Mean of the difference?
Subtraction of normal variables, so we subtract the means.
4.1 - 4.5 = -0.4
The mean is of -0.4 hours.