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Anastasy [175]
3 years ago
9

Lance wants to find the total length of 3 boards.He uses the expression 3 1/2+( 2+4 1/2 how can lance rewrite the expression usi

ng both the associative and commutive properties of addition
Mathematics
2 answers:
Alexandra [31]3 years ago
6 0
A right parenthesis       )       is missing from this problem statement.  I'm assuming that you meant

<span>3 1/2+( 2+4 1/2).

There are at least two ways in which you could do this problem.  One would be to simply drop the parentheses entirely:

</span><span>3 1/2+ 2+4 1/2                It'd make sense to add 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 together FIRST, and then to add 2 to the result.

Or, do the work inside the parentheses FIRST:  </span><span>3 1/2+( 2+4 1/2).
</span>
This simplifies the problem to    <span>3 1/2+( 6 1/2).

You MUST get the same answer either way.</span>
Anettt [7]3 years ago
5 0

Step-by-step explanation:

This problem bothers on the use of mathematical properties

Given the expression

3 1/2+( 2+4 1/2)

Applying the associative property rule which says we can add or multiply regardless of how numbers are grouped

Associative property

3 1/2+( 2+4 1/2) can re re-written as

(3 1/2+2) +4 1/2

Commutative property

This rule states that the we can move (commute) figures about and still get same result.

Hence 3 1/2+( 2+4 1/2) can also be expressed as (2+4 1/2+3 1/2)

Or (4 1/2 +2+ 3 1/2)

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When we have a certain set of data, we call "outlier" a value in this set of data that is significantly far from all the other values.

In this problem, we see that we have the following set of data:

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On the other hand, the last value "8" is 3 numbers distant from the other highest value ("5"), so the outliar is 8.

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We see also that the outlier does not affect the median.

In fact, if we had a "5" instead of a "8" (so, not an outlier), the median of this dataset would still be a 2.

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The center of a distribution is described by two different quantities depending on the conditions:

- If the distribution is symmetrical and has no tails/outliers, then the mean value is a good value that can be used to describe the center of the distribution.

- On the other hand, if the distribution is not very symmetrical and has tails/outliers, the median is a better estimator of the center of the distribution, because the mean is very affected by the presence of outliers, while the median is not.

So in this case, since the distribution is not symmetrical and has an outlier, it is better to use the median to describe the center of the distribution.

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- On the other hand, if the distribution is not very symmetrical and has tails/outliers, the interquartile range is a better estimator of the spread of the distribution, because the standard deviation is very affected by the presence of outliers, while the IQ range is not is not.

So in this case, since the distribution is not symmetrical and has an outlier, it is better to use the IQ range to describe the spread of the distribution.

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