document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=935465>Question 935465</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Decide which of the described variables likely have a normal or near-normal distribution.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) The amount of change held by a teacher at the end of each day for a year\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) The amount of pocket money held by each student at a mid-sized liberal arts college at a given time\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c) The number of heads that show when two coins are tossed<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The amount of change held by a teacher at the end of each day for a year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is probably near normal (the teacher cant have negative cents in her/his pocket). <BR>\n" );
document.write( "On the property taxes, it is impossible to say. For instance, what if there are <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > units, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the small house, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the medium house size, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the largest house size. That will not give a normal distribution. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The amount of pocket money held by each student will not give a normal distribution either. </SPAN>\n" );
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