document.write( "Question 1190589: Greetings, \r
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document.write( "I solved part of this problem, just need a bit of help with the second part. Thank you, I greatly appreciate it!\r
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document.write( "When parking a car in a downtown parking lot, drivers pay according to the number of hours or fraction thereof. The probability distribution of the number of hours cars are parked has been estimated as follows:\r
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document.write( "X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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document.write( "P(X) 0.2 0.119 0.128 0.079 0.058 0.03 0.036 0.35\r
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document.write( "A. Mean = 4.66
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document.write( "B. Standard Dev. = 2.8408\r
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document.write( "The cost of parking is 2.75 dollars per hour. Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the amount of revenue each car generates.\r
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document.write( "A. Mean = 12.815\r
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document.write( "B. Standard Deviation = ????\r
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document.write( "I can't seem to figure of the standard deviation.\r
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document.write( "I appreciate your help. \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #822291 by math_tutor2020(3817)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "Question 1, part A\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Given data table \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add up everything in the X*P(X) row \n" ); document.write( "0.2+0.238+0.384+0.316+0.29+0.18+0.252+2.8 = 4.66\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Your answer of 4.66 is perfectly correct. Nice work.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "================================================\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Question 1, part B\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Form a new row that involves subtracting each X value from the mean mu = 4.66 \n" ); document.write( "Afterward, square the result \n" ); document.write( "The expression is of the form (X-mu)^2 which is what I'll title this new row.
\n" ); document.write( "(X-mu)^2 = (1-4.66)^2 = 13.3956\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Next, multiply each (X-mu)^2 value with its corresponding P(X) value. \n" ); document.write( "I'll make a new row for that.
\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then add up everything in the (X-mu)^2*P(X) row \n" ); document.write( "2.67912+0.8419964+0.3527168+0.0344124+0.0067048+0.053868+0.1971216+3.90446 = 8.0704\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The last step is to apply the square root \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(8.0704) = 2.8408\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The standard deviation is approximately 2.8408\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You're on a roll with correct answers.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "================================================\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Question 2, part A\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "X = number of hours parked \n" ); document.write( "Y = revenue \n" ); document.write( "To find the revenue, we multiply 2.75 by the X value \n" ); document.write( "Y = 2.75X\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For example, if a car is parked for 4 hours, then \n" ); document.write( "Y = 2.75*X = 2.75*4 = 11 \n" ); document.write( "meaning they pull in $11 in revenue\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let's form a table of Y values with their corresponding P(Y) probabilities. \n" ); document.write( "The probabilities will be the same as before. The only thing that changes is the introduction of the Y row.
\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We follow the same steps as part A in the previous question. I'll skip a few steps, but basically this is what you should have as a final table
\n" ); document.write( "Adding everything in that bottom row gets you 12.815\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You have the correct answer once again.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "================================================\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Question 2, part B\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We follow the same steps as part B from the previous question \n" ); document.write( "This time use mu = 12.815 which was found in the previous section.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is what the table should look like when all is said and done
\n" ); document.write( "Add up everything in the bottom row and you should get 61.0324\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Apply the square root to get \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(61.0324) = 7.8123 \n" ); document.write( "The value is approximate.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This is a useful calculator to check your work \n" ); document.write( "https://www.mathportal.org/calculators/statistics-calculator/probability-distributions-calculator.php \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |