document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1068693>Question 1068693</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 $28.46 , with a standard deviation of $3.30 . Based on this information, complete the following statements about the distribution of the company's fares from O'Hare Airport to the Drake Hotel. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) According to Chebyshev's theorem, at least  of the fares lie between 21.86 dollars and 35.06 .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) According to Chebyshev's theorem, at least  of the fares lie between 23.51 dollars and 33.41 .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(c) Suppose that the distribution is bell-shaped. According to the empirical rule, approximately  of the fares lie between 21.86 dollars and 35.06 .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(d) Suppose that the distribution is bell-shaped. According to the empirical rule, approximately 68% of the fares lie between dollars and dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #683946 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=683946\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a. This is +/- 2 sds, so a minimum of 75% of the fares will lie between those two values<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. This is +/- 1.5 sds, so a maximum of 1/(1.5)^2 lie outside or 0.444. 1-0.444= 0.556 is the minimum percentage that lie in this interval.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. This would be 95% by the empirical rule<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. this is 1 sd on either side, so $25.16 and $31.76 are the intervals. </SPAN>\n" );
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