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3 years ago

A rule of thumb refers to ____

Mathematics

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Vesna [10]3 years ago

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Answer: C) a general rule most people follow

The english phrase "rule of thumb" referes to an approximate method for doing something, based on practical experience rather than theory. An example of a rule of thumb would be: changing the oil of a car every certain number of milles traveled. "To start with, change the oil every 5000 or 6000 miles". In the example you can notice that is not strictly accurate or reliable for every situation.

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(a)205

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Step-by-step explanation:

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Therefore: $\text{10 gallon= 3785X 10 =37850 } cm^3$

Therefore, Volume of the lemonade Monica Started with is $\text{37850 } cm^3$

The diameter of the cup =8cm

Therefore, Radius =8/2 =4cm

Height of the Cup =11cm

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Thirty percent of all customers who enter a department store will make a purchase. Suppose that 6 customers enter the store and

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let's use binomial distribution, because we are interested in find the total number of successes in a sequence of n independent experiments.

In probability, a binomial distribution is used in a Bernoulli process. That is, a sequence of experiments of n independent trials, each asking a dichotomous question, that means it only has two answers. One answer is a success (probability: p) and the other is a failure (probability: 1-p). In this case, every customer who enters in the store is the experiment. If they make a purchase is a success event, taking into account that every purchase decision has to be independent.

$P(X=x) = C(n,x)p^{x} (1-p)^{n-x}$

x= total number of success

n= total number of experiments

p=probability of success on an indivual trial

$C(n,x) = \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}$

a) x= 5 ------> customers that make a purchase

n= 6 ------> total customers

p=0.3

$p(X=5)= C(6,5)(0.3)^{5} (1-0.3)^{6-5} \\p(X=5)=0.102$

b) At least 3 customers make a purchase. x ≥ 3

$P(X\geq 3)=1-P (X=0)-P(X=1)-P(X=2)\\P(X\geq 3)=1-(C(6,0)(0.3^{0})(0.7)^{6}) - (C(6,1)(0.3^{1})(0.7)^{5}) - (C(6,2)(0.3^{2})(0.7)^{4})\\ P(X\geq 3) = 1-0.11765-0.30253-0.32414\\P(X\geq3)= 0.2557$

c) At most 2 customers make a purchase. x ≤ 2

$P(X\leq2) = P(X=0) + P(X=1) + P(X=2)\\P(X\leq2) = (C(6,0)(0.3^{0})(0.7)^{6}) + (C(6,1)(0.3^{1})(0.7)^{5}) + (C(6,2)(0.3^{2})(0.7)^{4})\\P(X\leq2) = 0.11765-0.30253-0.32414\\P(X\leq2)=0.7443$