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Problems need to include all required steps and answer(s) for full credit. All answers need to be reduced to lowest terms where possible. Answer the following problems showing your work and explaining (or analyzing) your results.
7. Create a frequency distribution table for the number of times a number was rolled on a die. (It may be helpful to print or write out all of the numbers so none are excluded.) The numbers rolled are: 3, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 1, 1, 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5, 3.
Answer the following questions using the frequency distribution table you created in No. 7. a. Which number(s) had the highest frequency? b. How many times did a number of 4 or greater get thrown? c. How many times was an odd number thrown? d. How many times did a number greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 5 get thrown?
9. The wait times (in seconds) for fast food service at two burger companies were recorded for quality assurance. Using the data below, find the following for each sample. a. Range b. Standard deviation c. Variance. Lastly, compare the two sets of results.
Company Wait times in seconds Big Burger Company The Cheesy Burger. What does it mean if a graph is normally distributed? What percent of values fall within 1, 2, and 3, standard deviations from the mean?
Paper For Above Instructions
This paper addresses the assignment prompt that includes creating a frequency distribution table based on rolled dice values, calculating various statistics from wait times of two burger companies, and explaining the concept of normal distribution.
Part 1: Frequency Distribution Table
To create a frequency distribution table, we begin by tallying the results from the rolled numbers: 3, 5, 1, 6, 1, 2, 2, 6, 3, 4, 5, 1, 1, 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 6, 5, 3. The first step is to list each number (1 through 6) and count how many times each appeared.
| Number | Frequency |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 |
| 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 4 |
The table shows the frequency of each number rolled. The next part of the assignment requires answering specific questions based on this table.
Part 2: Analysis of Frequency Distribution
a. The number(s) with the highest frequency are 1 and 3, each rolled 6 times.
b. To find how many times a number of 4 or greater was thrown, we count the occurrences of the numbers 4, 5, and 6 from the frequency distribution table. A total of 13 times (4 times for '4' + 5 times for '5' + 4 times for '6').
c. For odd numbers (1, 3, 5), we see that they were rolled a total of 17 times (6 for '1' + 6 for '3' + 5 for '5').
d. To find how many times a number between 2 and 5 (inclusive) was thrown, we add the results for 2, 3, 4, and 5. This comes to 20 times (5 for '2' + 6 for '3' + 4 for '4' + 5 for '5').
Part 3: Statistical Analysis of Wait Times
Next, we analyze the wait times for the two burger companies. However, the specific wait times have not been provided. For demonstration purposes, we will use placeholder wait times for Big Burger Company and The Cheesy Burger:
- Big Burger Company Wait Times: 30, 35, 25, 40, 37, 32
- The Cheesy Burger Wait Times: 20, 25, 30, 22, 35, 30, 28
Now we calculate the range, standard deviation, and variance for both companies.
Big Burger Company
Range: Maximum - Minimum = 40 - 25 = 15
Mean: (30 + 35 + 25 + 40 + 37 + 32) / 6 = 32.17
Variance: Average of the squared differences from the mean:
( (30-32.17)² + (35-32.17)² + (25-32.17)² + (40-32.17)² + (37-32.17)² + (32-32.17)² ) / 6 = 12.78
Standard Deviation: √Variance = √12.78 = 3.57
The Cheesy Burger
Range: Maximum - Minimum = 35 - 20 = 15
Mean: (20 + 25 + 30 + 22 + 35 + 30 + 28) / 7 = 25.71
Variance: Average of the squared differences from the mean:
( (20-25.71)² + (25-25.71)² + (30-25.71)² + (22-25.71)² + (35-25.71)² + (30-25.71)² + (28-25.71)² ) / 7 = 20.12
Standard Deviation: √Variance = √20.12 = 4.49
Comparison of Wait Times
Comparing the two sets of results, while both companies had the same range of 15 seconds, the Big Burger Company had a smaller variance and standard deviation, indicating that their wait times are more consistent than those of The Cheesy Burger.
Part 4: Normal Distribution
A graph is normally distributed if it has a symmetrical bell shape, where the mean, median, and mode are all equal and located at the center of the graph. In a normal distribution, approximately 68% of values fall within one standard deviation from the mean, about 95% fall within two standard deviations, and about 99.7% fall within three standard deviations from the mean (often referred to as the empirical rule).
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