Ariel is studying when pine trees should be harvested for lu…
Ariel is studying when pine trees should be harvested for lumber and replanted. She learns that the Southern Yellow Pine has an average height of 90 ft, and its height is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 4 ft. What proportion of Southern Yellow Pines are more than 95 feet tall?
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The adult female Lampyris noctiluca (glowworm) has an average length of 16 mm. The glowworm that Alice is studying, however, has a length z-score of -3.42. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of this glowworm’s z-score?
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Gulf fritillary butterflies, common in Texas backyards, are sometimes confused with monarch butterflies, as they are both often orange, with some white spots. Gulf fritillary butterflies are somewhat smaller, on average, however; the means and standard deviations of both species’ wingspans are found below. Species Mean wingspan Standard deviation Gulf Fritillary 8 cm 0.5 cm Monarch 9.6 cm 0.2 cm A backyard butterfly lover has found and identified a gulf fritillary that is 9.1 cm and a monarch that is 9.8 cm in their backyard; which is larger, relative to their species?
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The Pew Research organization recently reported that 62% of U.S. adults say they would feel extremely, very, or somewhat comfortable talking about mental health with a spiritual or religious leader. Assuming they are correct (that the population proportion p = 0.62), what is the smallest sample size that will satisfy the condition for using the CLT?
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You must acknowledge the following item by typing the entire bolded sentence while replacing “[insert my first and last names here]” with your first and last names:I, [insert first and last names here], acknowledge that Dr. B. may assign an F grade for the final essay if she suspects I have used Artificial Intelligence in the process of writing this essay.
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