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So here is the answer. Initially, Ed's toy cars compared to Pete's toy cars was 5:2. So for every 5 cars that Ed has, Pete has 2. Now that Ed gave 30 cars to Pete. So here it goes. The total number of ratio units is 5+2=7, so each will have an equal number if they both have 3.5 ratio units. That is, if Ed transfers to Pete 1.5 ratio units, their car counts will be equal. Thus 1.5 ratio units = 30 cars, or 1 ratio unit = 20 cars. Therefore, this makes 7*20 cars = 140 cars.
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3 years ago

In three hours, Company ABC can make X ball bearings. Company DEF can make X ball bearings in 4 hours. Company GHI can make X ba

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Answer:

X ball bearings will be made in 1 hour and 20 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Proportions

The proportions give us an important tool to easily solve common problems of any type. We know that:

Company ABC can make X ball bearings in 3 hours.

Company DEF can make X ball bearings in 4 hours.

Company GHI can make X ball bearings in 6 hours.

In one hour, each company can make

ABC: X/3 ball bearings

DEF: X/4 ball bearings

GHI: X/6 ball bearings

Working together, they can make

$\displaystyle \frac{X}{3}+\frac{X}{4}+\frac{X}{6}$

ball bearings. Operating

$\displaystyle \frac{4X+3X+2X}{12}=\frac{9X}{12}=\frac{3X}{4}$

If they can make 3/4 of a ball bearing in one hour, then one complete ball bearing will need

$\displaystyle \frac{4}{3}$ hours to complete. It's equivalent to 1 1/3 hours or 1 hour and 20 minutes

X ball bearings will be made in 1 hour and 20 minutes

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3 years ago

2. A marketing firm is trying to estimate the proportion of potential car buyers that would consider

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Answer:

a. The number of people that should be in the pilot study are 600 people

b. The point estimate is 0.62 $\overline 6$

c. At 95% confidence level the true population proportion of potential car buyers of hybrid vehicle is between the confidence interval (0.588, 0.6654)

d. Two ways to reduce the margin of error are;

1) Reduce the confidence interval

2) Use a larger sample size

Step-by-step explanation:

a. The given parameters for the estimation of sample size is given as follows;

The margin of error for the confidence interval, E = 4% = 0.04

The confidence level = 95%

The sample size formula for a proportion as obtained from an online source is given as follows;

$n = \dfrac{Z^2 \times P \times (1 - P)}{E^2}$

Where, P is the estimated proportions of the desired statistic, therefore, we have for a new study, P = 0.5;

Z = The level of confidence at 95% = 1.96

n + The sample size

Therefore, we have;

$n = \dfrac{1.96^2 \times 0.5 \times (1 - 0.5)}{0.04^2} = 600.25$

Therefore, the number of people that should be in the pilot study in order to meet this goal at 95% confidence level is n = 600 people

b. The point estimate for the population proportion is the sample proportion given as follows;

$\hat p = \dfrac{x}{n}$

Where;

x = The number of the statistic in the sample

n = The sample size

From the question, we have;

The number of potential car buyers, n = 600

The number of respondent in the sample that indicated that they would consider purchasing a hybrid, x = 376

Therefore, the point estimate, for the proportion of potential car buyers that would consider buying a hybrid vehicle, $\hat p$ = 376/600 = 0.62 $\overline 6$