document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255041>Question 255041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A major cab company in Chicago has computed its mean fare from O'Hare Airport to the Drake Hotel to be $25.90. Based on this information, complete the following statements about the distribution of the company's fares from O'Hare Airport to the Drake Hotel. According to Chebyshev's Theorem, at least 56%, 75% 84% 89% of the fares lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean , $25.90. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Suppose the the distribution is bell shaped if approximately of the fares lie between $21.98 and $29.82, then the approximate value of the standard deviation for the distribution, according the the empirical rule is = ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Based on this information, complete the following statements about the distribution of the company's fares from O'Hare Airport to the Drake Hotel. According to Chebyshev's Theorem, at least 56%, 75% 84% 89% of the fares lie within 3 standard deviations of the mean , $25.90.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Theorem says \"at least 1-(1/k^2) of the population lies within k <BR>\n" );
document.write( "standard deviations of the mean\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Your \"k\" is 3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So Cheb says at least 1-(1/3)^2 = 8/9 = 89% of the pop lies within 3 std.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Suppose the the distribution is bell shaped if approximately of the fares lie between $21.98 and $29.82, then the approximate value of the standard deviation for the distribution, according the the empirical rule is = ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Comment: Some word(s) are missing from this part of the posting.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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