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Answer:
Electric car = Exponential function (decreasing cost)
Gasoline car = Exponential function (increasing cost)
Step-by-step explanation:
The given data the Electric car, we have;
Time (years) Cost (thousands of dollars)
0 35
5 27
10 21
15 16
20 12.5
The difference between successive term is such that each term decreases by approximately the same percentage given as follows
1st and 2nd term (35 - 27)/35 × 100 ≈ 22.8571% decrease
2nd and 3rd term (27 - 21)/27 × 100 ≈ 22.222% decrease
3rd and 4th term (21 - 16)/21 × 100 ≈ 23.81% decrease
4th and 5th term (16 - 12.5)/16 × 100 ≈ 21.875% decrease
Therefore. the electric car is best approximated by exponential function
The given data the Gasoline car, we have;
Time (years) Cost (thousands of dollars)
0 35
5 40.2
10 46.3
15 53.2
20 61.2
The difference between successive term is such that each term increases by approximately the same percentage given as follows
1st and 2nd term (40.2 - 35)/35 × 100 ≈ 14.857% decrease
2nd and 3rd term (46.3 - 40.2)/40.2 × 100 ≈ 15.174% decrease
3rd and 4th term (53.2 - 46.3)/46.3× 100 ≈ 14.9% decrease
4th and 5th term (61.2 - 53.2)/53.2× 100 ≈ 15.03% decrease
Therefore. the Gasoline car is best approximated by exponential function
Answer:
a) 40.13% probability that a laptop computer can be assembled at this plant in a period of time of less than 19.5 hours.
b) 34.13% probability that a laptop computer can be assembled at this plant in a period of time between 20 hours and 22 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
When the distribution is normal, we use the z-score formula.
In a set with mean and standard deviation
, the zscore of a measure X is given by:
The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this question:
a)Less than 19.5 hours?
This is the pvalue of Z when X = 19.5. So
has a pvalue of 0.4013.
40.13% probability that a laptop computer can be assembled at this plant in a period of time of less than 19.5 hours.
b)Between 20 hours and 22 hours?
This is the pvalue of Z when X = 22 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 20. So
X = 22
has a pvalue of 0.8413
X = 20
has a pvalue of 0.5
0.8413 - 0.5 = 0.3413
34.13% probability that a laptop computer can be assembled at this plant in a period of time between 20 hours and 22 hours.