At the San Berardino County Fair, there’s a contest for grow…
At the San Berardino County Fair, there’s a contest for growing the largest vegetables. Pauline entered her 25 pound pumpkin and Suzie entered her 8 pound squash. Pumpkins have a mean weight of 22 pounds with a standard deviation of 7 pounds. Squashes have a mean weight of 5 pounds with a standard deviation of 3 pounds. Using the statistics above, who should win the prize for growing the biggest vegetable (i.e. best relative to others of its type)?
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