Given two measurements, x and y, which both have uncertainty. Use the general error propagation formula, δf = vuut ∂f ∂xδx!2 + ∂
f ∂y δy!2 to derive the error propagation formulas, i.e. the expression for δf, for the following specific cases as found in the Taylor textbook. (a) Scaling by a constant: f = Cx where C is a constant with no uncertainty. (b) Addition: f = x + y (c) Multiplication: f = xy (d) Division: f = x y
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Given that X, the hip width of men is N(14.2, 0.9)
i.e. we have is N(0,1)
Seat width an airline uses = 16.7 inches.
a) the probability that if an individual man is randomly selected, his hip breadth will be greater than 16.7 in
b) Here sample size = 126
Each person is independent of the other
the probability that these men have a mean hip breadth greater than 16.7
= <0.00001
c) part a is important since even a single person not fitting will cause embarassment and leads to customer dissatisfaction.