The situation can be modeled by a geometric sequence with an initial term of 284. The student population will be 104% of the prior year, so the common ratio is 1.04.

Let \displaystyle PP be the student population and \displaystyle nn be the number of years after 2013. Using the explicit formula for a geometric sequence we get

{P}_{n} =284\cdot {1.04}^{n}P

=284⋅1.04

We can find the number of years since 2013 by subtracting.

\displaystyle 2020 - 2013=72020−2013=7

We are looking for the population after 7 years. We can substitute 7 for \displaystyle nn to estimate the population in 2020.

\displaystyle {P}_{7}=284\cdot {1.04}^{7}\approx 374P

=284⋅1.04

≈374

The student population will be about 374 in 2020.

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2 years ago

Let the following sample of 8 observations be drawn from a normal population with unknown mean and standard deviation:

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Answer:

$\= x = 18.5$ , $\sigma = 5.15$

$15.505 < \mu < 21.495$

$14.93 < \mu < 22.069$

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are are told that

The sample data is 21, 14, 13, 24, 17, 22, 25, 12

The sample size is n = 8

Generally the ample mean is evaluated as

$\= x = \frac{\sum x }{n}$

$\= x = \frac{ 21 + 14 + 13 + 24 + 17 + 22+ 25 + 12 }{8}$

$\= x = 18.5$

Generally the standard deviation is mathematically evaluated as

$\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\sum (x- \=x )^2}{n}}$

$\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\sum ((21 - 18.5)^2 + (14-18.5)^2+ (13-18.5)^2+ (24-18.5)^2+ (17-18.5)^2+ (22-18.5)^2+ (25-18.5)^2+ (12 -18.5)^2 )}{8}}$

$\sigma = 5.15$

considering part b

Given that the confidence level is 90% then the significance level is evaluated as

$\alpha = 100-90$

$\alpha = 10\%$

$\alpha = 0.10$

Next we obtain the critical value of $\frac{ \alpha }{2}$ from the normal distribution table the value is

$Z_{\frac{ \alpha }{2} } = 1.645$

The margin of error is mathematically represented as

$E = Z_{\frac{ \alpha }{2} } * \frac{\sigma }{\sqrt{n} }$

=> $E =1.645 * \frac{5.15 }{\sqrt{8} }$

=> $E = 2.995$

The 90% confidence interval is evaluated as

$\= x - E < \mu < \= x + E$

substituting values

$18.5 - 2.995 < \mu < 18.5 + 2.995$

$15.505 < \mu < 21.495$

considering part c

Given that the confidence level is 95% then the significance level is evaluated as

$\alpha = 100-95$

$\alpha = 5\%$

$\alpha = 0.05$

Next we obtain the critical value of $\frac{ \alpha }{2}$ from the normal distribution table the value is

$Z_{\frac{ \alpha }{2} } = 1.96$

The margin of error is mathematically represented as

$E = Z_{\frac{ \alpha }{2} } * \frac{\sigma }{\sqrt{n} }$

=> $E =1.96 * \frac{5.15 }{\sqrt{8} }$

=> $E = 3.569$

The 95% confidence interval is evaluated as

$\= x - E < \mu < \= x + E$

substituting values

$18.5 - 3.569 < \mu < 18.5 + 3.569$

$14.93 < \mu < 22.069$

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3 years ago