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B.Sc.,
EXAMINATION/TEST: Semester Test 4 QUALIFICATION:
B.Com.

MODULE CODE: STTN115 DURATION: 80 min

Descriptive Statistics and

MODULE DESCRIPTION: MAX: 45
Inference

EXAMINER(S): Ms ME Groenewald DATE: 22/05/2015

MODERATOR: Mr MB Seitshiro TIME: 11:00

Instructions:
 Answer all questions.
 Show all calculations and graphs (where applicable).
 Work to 3 decimal places unless stated otherwise.

Question 1 (3 marks)

Choose the correct answer and write down the corresponding letter only.

1.1) A 95% confidence interval for the population mean is calculated to be 75.29 to 81.45. If the
confidence level is reduced to 90%, the confidence interval will:

A. remain the same.

B. become wider.
C. become narrower.
D. double in size.
(1)

1.2) A statistical hypothesis is a:

A. statement made about a population parameter.

B. statement made about a statistic.
C. fact regarding a population parameter.
D. fact regarding a statistic.
(1)

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1.3) Choose the correct statement.

A. The value stated in the null hypothesis is accepted to be false until proven correct.
B. The value stated in the null hypothesis is accepted to be correct until proven false.
C. The value stated in the alternative hypothesis is accepted to be correct until proven false.
D. None of the above.
(1)

Question 2 (7 marks)

A paint retailer wants to estimate the correct amount of paint that is contained in five-litre cans purchased
from a certain manufacturer. The average amount of paint in a sample of 50 five-litre cans is 4.985l with a
standard deviation of 0.04l.

2.1) Determine a 95% confidence interval for the population mean amount of paint included in a five-litre
can and interpret your answer. (5)

2.2) Based on your findings in 2.1, do you think that the paint retailer has a right to complain to the
manufacturer? Motivate your answer. (2)

Question 3 (14 marks)

3.1) Following a major earthquake, a city engineer must determine whether a stadium is structurally sound
for an upcoming athletic event. Suppose the null hypothesis is “the stadium is structurally sound” and
the alternative hypothesis is “the stadium is not structurally sound”. Would the engineer least like to
make a Type I error or a Type II error? Explain your answer. (2)

3.2) Joan’s Nursery specialises in custom-designed landscaping for residential areas. The estimated
labour-cost associated with a particular landscaping proposal is based on the number of plantings of
trees, scrubs, etc. to be used for the project. For cost-estimating purposes, managers use 2 hours of
labour time for the planting of a medium-sized tree. The following table shows the labour times (in
hours) for a sample of 10 plantings:

1.7 1.5 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.6 3.0 1.4 2.3

Assume that the data is normally distributed. Test the hypothesis that the mean tree-planting time
differs from 2 hours, at a 5% significance level. (12)

Question 4 (10 marks)

A local radio station claims that more than 30% of the listeners in its reception area tune into its daily news
broadcasts. The radio station conducted a telephone survey of 400 randomly selected listeners, and 144
listeners indicated that they tune into the radio station’s news broadcasts. Use a 1% significance level to test
the radio station’s claim. (10)

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Question 5 (11 marks)

A maintenance supervisor wants to compare the standard version of an instructional booklet with a new
version that is claimed to be superior. An experiment was conducted in which 26 technicians were divided
into two equal groups, provided with one of the booklets and then given a test a week later. The descriptive
statistics on the test scores for the two groups (in percentages) are summarised as follows:

Standard New
version version

Sample mean 72.0 80.2

Sample standard deviation 9.3 10.1

Test the hypothesis that the new version of the instructional booklet is better than the standard version of the
instructional booklet. Use  = 0.1. (11)

TOTAL: 45

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 FORMULES

Nl R
nl  n  k  1  1.4 ln( n) w=
N k

f F
r= R= = r  360
n n

x
x x
 fx x
 fm
n n n
~  n  1 th observation ~ n
x  x    th observation R = xmax - xmin
 2  2

 n  1 th observation n R = upper boundary of largest class – lower

q1    q1    th observation
 4  4
boundary of smallest class

3(n  1)
 
3n
q3  th observation q3  th observation
h th  b  h  1  h th
th
4 4

q1  1.5qR s
qR = q3 – q1 V x 100
q3  1.5qR x

s2 
x 2
 nx 2
s2 
 fx 2
 nx 2
s2 
 fm 2
 nx 2
n 1 n 1 n 1
s xy  x y
r  xy 
n ŷ  a  bx
sx sy Sxy 
n 1
1
 xy 
 x y  xy
b n b a  y  bx
 x   x 
2
2 1 2 x
n
n A 
P A  
y
ay Measure of cyclic movement   100
yˆ n Ω 

X  X  X μ
Z Z t
 S
 n n

P2 - P1
Tg  T1   P1 standarderror 
s
standard error 
ˆ (1  P
P ˆ)
T2  T1 n n

  S  S   α S α S    P̂(1  P̂)    P̂(1  P̂) 

 X  z 
2 n
; X  z 
2 n
  X  t n1  2  ; X  t n1     P̂ - z  ; P̂  z 
    n 2 n 
 2 n 2 n 


X  μ0 X  μ0 P̂ -  0
Z T Z
S S  0 (1   0 )
n n
n

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 X1  X 2
T
1 1
X1  X 2 Sp 
X Z n1 n 2
P̂  S12 S 22
n 
n1 n 2
with S p 
n1  1S12  n 2  1S 22
n1  n 2  2
ˆ P
P ˆ
Z 1 2

ˆ ) 1  1 
ˆ (1 - P
P
n  k  1  R 2 
n
 1 n2 

R a2  1 
n 1
n  k 1
1 R 2  F 
k 1 R 2


 
ˆ  X1  X 2
with P
n1  n 2
2
N  α  N
n  z S  n
NL2 NL2
n   
1 2 1
 α 
2
 L    α  ˆ
2
ˆ
 z S    z 2  P(1  P)
 2      
2
 α
 z  
n  P(1  P)   
ˆ ˆ 2
 L 
 
 

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 THE STANDARD NORMAL TABLE

Z 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
0.0 0.5000 0.5040 0.5080 0.5120 0.5160 0.5199 0.5239 0.5279 0.5319 0.5359
0.1 0.5398 0.5438 0.5478 0.5517 0.5557 0.5596 0.5636 0.5675 0.5714 0.5753
0.2 0.5793 0.5832 0.5871 0.5910 0.5948 0.5987 0.6026 0.6064 0.6103 0.6141
0.3 0.6179 0.6217 0.6255 0.6293 0.6331 0.6368 0.6406 0.6443 0.6480 0.6517
0.4 0.6554 0.6591 0.6628 0.6664 0.6700 0.6736 0.6772 0.6808 0.6844 0.6879
0.5 0.6915 0.6950 0.6985 0.7019 0.7054 0.7088 0.7123 0.7157 0.7190 0.7224
0.6 0.7257 0.7291 0.7324 0.7357 0.7389 0.7422 0.7454 0.7486 0.7517 0.7549
0.7 0.7580 0.7611 0.7642 0.7673 0.7704 0.7734 0.7764 0.7794 0.7823 0.7852
0.8 0.7881 0.7910 0.7939 0.7967 0.7995 0.8023 0.8051 0.8078 0.8106 0.8133
0.9 0.8159 0.8186 0.8212 0.8238 0.8264 0.8289 0.8315 0.8340 0.8365 0.8389
1.0 0.8413 0.8438 0.8461 0.8485 0.8508 0.8531 0.8554 0.8577 0.8599 0.8621
1.1 0.8643 0.8665 0.8686 0.8708 0.8729 0.8749 0.8770 0.8790 0.8810 0.8830
1.2 0.8849 0.8869 0.8888 0.8907 0.8925 0.8944 0.8962 0.8980 0.8997 0.9015
1.3 0.9032 0.9049 0.9066 0.9082 0.9099 0.9115 0.9131 0.9147 0.9162 0.9177
1.4 0.9192 0.9207 0.9222 0.9236 0.9251 0.9265 0.9279 0.9292 0.9306 0.9319
1.5 0.9332 0.9345 0.9357 0.9370 0.9382 0.9394 0.9406 0.9418 0.9429 0.9441
1.6 0.9452 0.9463 0.9474 0.9484 0.9495 0.9505 0.9515 0.9525 0.9535 0.9545
1.7 0.9554 0.9564 0.9573 0.9582 0.9591 0.9599 0.9608 0.9616 0.9625 0.9633
1.8 0.9641 0.9649 0.9656 0.9664 0.9671 0.9678 0.9686 0.9693 0.9699 0.9706
1.9 0.9713 0.9719 0.9726 0.9732 0.9738 0.9744 0.9750 0.9756 0.9761 0.9767
2.0 0.9772 0.9778 0.9783 0.9788 0.9793 0.9798 0.9803 0.9808 0.9812 0.9817
2.1 0.9821 0.9826 0.9830 0.9834 0.9838 0.9842 0.9846 0.9850 0.9854 0.9857
2.2 0.9861 0.9864 0.9868 0.9871 0.9875 0.9878 0.9881 0.9884 0.9887 0.9890
2.3 0.9893 0.9896 0.9898 0.9901 0.9904 0.9906 0.9909 0.9911 0.9913 0.9916
2.4 0.9918 0.9920 0.9922 0.9925 0.9927 0.9929 0.9931 0.9932 0.9934 0.9936
2.5 0.9938 0.9940 0.9941 0.9943 0.9945 0.9946 0.9948 0.9949 0.9951 0.9952
2.6 0.9953 0.9955 0.9956 0.9957 0.9959 0.9960 0.9961 0.9962 0.9963 0.9964
2.7 0.9965 0.9966 0.9967 0.9968 0.9969 0.9970 0.9971 0.9972 0.9973 0.9974
2.8 0.9974 0.9975 0.9976 0.9977 0.9977 0.9978 0.9979 0.9979 0.9980 0.9981
2.9 0.9981 0.9982 0.9982 0.9983 0.9984 0.9984 0.9985 0.9985 0.9986 0.9986
3.0 0.9987 0.9987 0.9987 0.9988 0.9988 0.9989 0.9989 0.9989 0.9990 0.9990

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Z 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
-3.0 0.0013 0.0013 0.0013 0.0012 0.0012 0.0011 0.0011 0.0011 0.001 0.001
-2.9 0.0019 0.0018 0.0018 0.0017 0.0016 0.0016 0.0015 0.0015 0.0014 0.0014
-2.8 0.0026 0.0025 0.0024 0.0023 0.0023 0.0022 0.0021 0.0021 0.002 0.0019
-2.7 0.0035 0.0034 0.0033 0.0032 0.0031 0.003 0.0029 0.0028 0.0027 0.0026
-2.6 0.0047 0.0045 0.0044 0.0043 0.0041 0.004 0.0039 0.0038 0.0037 0.0036
-2.5 0.0062 0.006 0.0059 0.0057 0.0055 0.0054 0.0052 0.0051 0.0049 0.0048
-2.4 0.0082 0.008 0.0078 0.0075 0.0073 0.0071 0.0069 0.0068 0.0066 0.0064
-2.3 0.0107 0.0104 0.0102 0.0099 0.0096 0.0094 0.0091 0.0089 0.0087 0.0084
-2.2 0.0139 0.0136 0.0132 0.0129 0.0125 0.0122 0.0119 0.0116 0.0113 0.011
-2.1 0.0179 0.0174 0.017 0.0166 0.0162 0.0158 0.0154 0.015 0.0146 0.0143
-2.0 0.0228 0.0222 0.0217 0.0212 0.0207 0.0202 0.0197 0.0192 0.0188 0.0183
-1.9 0.0287 0.0281 0.0274 0.0268 0.0262 0.0256 0.025 0.0244 0.0239 0.0233
-1.8 0.0359 0.0351 0.0344 0.0336 0.0329 0.0322 0.0314 0.0307 0.0301 0.0294
-1.7 0.0446 0.0436 0.0427 0.0418 0.0409 0.0401 0.0392 0.0384 0.0375 0.0367
-1.6 0.0548 0.0537 0.0526 0.0516 0.0505 0.0495 0.0485 0.0475 0.0465 0.0455
-1.5 0.0668 0.0655 0.0643 0.063 0.0618 0.0606 0.0594 0.0582 0.0571 0.0559
-1.4 0.0808 0.0793 0.0778 0.0764 0.0749 0.0735 0.0721 0.0708 0.0694 0.0681
-1.3 0.0968 0.0951 0.0934 0.0918 0.0901 0.0885 0.0869 0.0853 0.0838 0.0823
-1.2 0.1151 0.1131 0.1112 0.1093 0.1075 0.1056 0.1038 0.102 0.1003 0.0985
-1.1 0.1357 0.1335 0.1314 0.1292 0.1271 0.1251 0.123 0.121 0.119 0.117
-1.0 0.1587 0.1562 0.1539 0.1515 0.1492 0.1469 0.1446 0.1423 0.1401 0.1379
-0.9 0.1841 0.1814 0.1788 0.1762 0.1736 0.1711 0.1685 0.166 0.1635 0.1611
-0.8 0.2119 0.209 0.2061 0.2033 0.2005 0.1977 0.1949 0.1922 0.1894 0.1867
-0.7 0.242 0.2389 0.2358 0.2327 0.2296 0.2266 0.2236 0.2206 0.2177 0.2148
-0.6 0.2743 0.2709 0.2676 0.2643 0.2611 0.2578 0.2546 0.2514 0.2483 0.2451
-0.5 0.3085 0.305 0.3015 0.2981 0.2946 0.2912 0.2877 0.2843 0.281 0.2776
-0.4 0.3446 0.3409 0.3372 0.3336 0.33 0.3264 0.3228 0.3192 0.3156 0.3121
-0.3 0.3821 0.3783 0.3745 0.3707 0.3669 0.3632 0.3594 0.3557 0.352 0.3483
-0.2 0.4207 0.4168 0.4129 0.409 0.4052 0.4013 0.3974 0.3936 0.3897 0.3859
-0.1 0.4602 0.4562 0.4522 0.4483 0.4443 0.4404 0.4364 0.4325 0.4286 0.4247
-0.0 0.5 0.496 0.492 0.488 0.484 0.4801 0.4761 0.4721 0.4681 0.4641

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 THE T-TABLE
 0.500 0.550 0.600 0.650 0.700 0.750 0.800 0.850
d.f.
1 .000 .158 .325 .510 .727 1.000 1.376 1.963
2 .000 .142 .289 .445 .617 .816 1.061 1.386
3 .000 .137 .277 .424 .584 .765 .978 1.250
4 .000 .134 .271 .414 .569 .741 .941 1.190
5 .000 .132 .267 .408 .559 .727 .920 1.156
6 .000 .131 .265 .404 .553 .718 .906 1.134
7 .000 .130 .263 .402 .549 .711 .896 1.119
8 .000 .130 .262 .399 .546 .706 .889 1.108
9 .000 .129 .261 .398 .543 .703 .883 1.100
10 .000 .129 .260 .397 .542 .700 .879 1.093
11 .000 .129 .260 .396 .540 .697 .876 1.088
12 .000 .128 .259 .395 .539 .695 .873 1.083
13 .000 .128 .259 .394 .538 .694 .870 1.079
14 .000 .128 .258 .393 .537 .692 .868 1.076
15 .000 .128 .258 .393 .536 .691 .866 1.074
16 .000 .128 .258 .392 .535 .690 .865 1.071
17 .000 .128 .257 .392 .534 .689 .863 1.069
18 .000 .127 .257 .392 .534 .688 .862 1.067
19 .000 .127 .257 .391 .533 .688 .861 1.066
20 .000 .127 .257 .391 .533 .687 .860 1.064
21 .000 .127 .257 .391 .532 .686 .859 1.063
22 .000 .127 .256 .390 .532 .686 .858 1.061
23 .000 .127 .256 .390 .532 .685 .858 1.060
24 .000 .127 .256 .390 .531 .685 .857 1.059
25 .000 .127 .256 .390 .531 .684 .856 1.058
26 .000 .127 .256 .390 .531 .684 .856 1.058
27 .000 .127 .256 .389 .531 .684 .855 1.057
28 .000 .127 .256 .389 .530 .683 .855 1.056
29 .000 .127 .256 .389 .530 .683 .854 1.055
30 .000 .127 .256 .389 .530 .683 .854 1.055
31 .000 .127 .256 .389 .530 .682 .853 1.054
32 .000 .127 .255 .389 .530 .682 .853 1.054
33 .000 .127 .255 .389 .530 .682 .853 1.053
34 .000 .127 .255 .389 .529 .682 .852 1.052
35 .000 .127 .255 .388 .529 .682 .852 1.052
 .000 .126 .253 .385 .524 .675 .842 1.036

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 t-table continued.

 0.900 0.905 0.910 0.915 0.920 0.925 0.930 0.935 0.940 0.945
d.f.
1 3.078 3.251 3.442 3.655 3.895 4.165 4.474 4.829 5.242 5.730
2 1.886 1.953 2.026 2.104 2.189 2.282 2.383 2.495 2.620 2.760
3 1.638 1.688 1.741 1.798 1.859 1.924 1.995 2.072 2.156 2.249
4 1.533 1.577 1.623 1.671 1.723 1.778 1.838 1.902 1.971 2.048
5 1.476 1.516 1.558 1.602 1.649 1.699 1.753 1.810 1.873 1.941
6 1.440 1.478 1.517 1.559 1.603 1.650 1.700 1.754 1.812 1.874
7 1.415 1.451 1.489 1.529 1.572 1.617 1.664 1.715 1.770 1.830
8 1.397 1.432 1.469 1.508 1.549 1.592 1.638 1.687 1.740 1.797
9 1.383 1.418 1.454 1.492 1.532 1.574 1.619 1.666 1.718 1.773
10 1.372 1.406 1.442 1.479 1.518 1.559 1.603 1.650 1.700 1.754
11 1.363 1.397 1.432 1.468 1.507 1.548 1.591 1.636 1.686 1.738
12 1.356 1.389 1.424 1.460 1.498 1.538 1.580 1.626 1.674 1.726
13 1.350 1.383 1.417 1.453 1.490 1.530 1.572 1.616 1.664 1.715
14 1.345 1.377 1.411 1.447 1.484 1.523 1.565 1.609 1.656 1.706
15 1.341 1.373 1.406 1.441 1.478 1.517 1.558 1.602 1.649 1.699
16 1.337 1.369 1.402 1.437 1.474 1.512 1.553 1.596 1.642 1.692
17 1.333 1.365 1.398 1.433 1.469 1.508 1.548 1.591 1.637 1.686
18 1.330 1.362 1.395 1.429 1.466 1.504 1.544 1.587 1.632 1.681
19 1.328 1.359 1.392 1.426 1.462 1.500 1.540 1.583 1.628 1.677
20 1.325 1.357 1.389 1.424 1.459 1.497 1.537 1.579 1.624 1.672
21 1.323 1.354 1.387 1.421 1.457 1.494 1.534 1.576 1.621 1.669
22 1.321 1.352 1.385 1.419 1.454 1.492 1.531 1.573 1.618 1.665
23 1.319 1.350 1.383 1.417 1.452 1.489 1.529 1.570 1.615 1.662
24 1.318 1.349 1.381 1.415 1.450 1.487 1.526 1.568 1.612 1.660
25 1.316 1.347 1.379 1.413 1.448 1.485 1.524 1.566 1.610 1.657
26 1.315 1.346 1.378 1.411 1.446 1.483 1.522 1.564 1.608 1.655
27 1.314 1.344 1.376 1.410 1.445 1.482 1.521 1.562 1.606 1.653
28 1.313 1.343 1.375 1.408 1.443 1.480 1.519 1.560 1.604 1.651
29 1.311 1.342 1.374 1.407 1.442 1.479 1.517 1.558 1.602 1.649
30 1.310 1.341 1.373 1.406 1.441 1.477 1.516 1.557 1.600 1.647
31 1.309 1.340 1.372 1.405 1.440 1.476 1.515 1.555 1.599 1.645
32 1.309 1.339 1.371 1.404 1.439 1.475 1.513 1.554 1.597 1.644
33 1.308 1.338 1.370 1.403 1.437 1.474 1.512 1.553 1.596 1.642
34 1.307 1.337 1.369 1.402 1.436 1.473 1.511 1.552 1.595 1.641
35 1.306 1.337 1.368 1.401 1.436 1.472 1.510 1.551 1.594 1.640
 1.282 1.311 1.341 1.372 1.405 1.440 1.476 1.514 1.555 1.598

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 t-table continued.

 0.950 0.955 0.960 0.965 0.970 0.975 0.980 0.985 0.990 0.995
d.f.
1 6.314 7.026 7.916 9.058 10.579 12.706 15.895 21.205 31.821 63.657
2 2.920 3.104 3.320 3.578 3.896 4.303 4.849 5.643 6.965 9.925
3 2.353 2.471 2.605 2.763 2.951 3.182 3.482 3.896 4.541 5.841
4 2.132 2.226 2.333 2.456 2.601 2.776 2.999 3.298 3.747 4.604
5 2.015 2.098 2.191 2.297 2.422 2.571 2.757 3.003 3.365 4.032
6 1.943 2.019 2.104 2.201 2.313 2.447 2.612 2.829 3.143 3.707
7 1.895 1.966 2.046 2.136 2.241 2.365 2.517 2.715 2.998 3.499
8 1.860 1.928 2.004 2.090 2.189 2.306 2.449 2.634 2.896 3.355
9 1.833 1.899 1.973 2.055 2.150 2.262 2.398 2.574 2.821 3.250
10 1.812 1.877 1.948 2.028 2.120 2.228 2.359 2.527 2.764 3.169
11 1.796 1.859 1.928 2.007 2.096 2.201 2.328 2.491 2.718 3.106
12 1.782 1.844 1.912 1.989 2.076 2.179 2.303 2.461 2.681 3.055
13 1.771 1.832 1.899 1.974 2.060 2.160 2.282 2.436 2.650 3.012
14 1.761 1.821 1.887 1.962 2.046 2.145 2.264 2.415 2.624 2.977
15 1.753 1.812 1.878 1.951 2.034 2.131 2.249 2.397 2.602 2.947
16 1.746 1.805 1.869 1.942 2.024 2.120 2.235 2.382 2.583 2.921
17 1.740 1.798 1.862 1.934 2.015 2.110 2.224 2.368 2.567 2.898
18 1.734 1.792 1.855 1.926 2.007 2.101 2.214 2.356 2.552 2.878
19 1.729 1.786 1.850 1.920 2.000 2.093 2.205 2.346 2.539 2.861
20 1.725 1.782 1.844 1.914 1.994 2.086 2.197 2.336 2.528 2.845
21 1.721 1.777 1.840 1.909 1.988 2.080 2.189 2.328 2.518 2.831
22 1.717 1.773 1.835 1.905 1.983 2.074 2.183 2.320 2.508 2.819
23 1.714 1.770 1.832 1.900 1.978 2.069 2.177 2.313 2.500 2.807
24 1.711 1.767 1.828 1.896 1.974 2.064 2.172 2.307 2.492 2.797
25 1.708 1.764 1.825 1.893 1.970 2.060 2.167 2.301 2.485 2.787
26 1.706 1.761 1.822 1.890 1.967 2.056 2.162 2.296 2.479 2.779
27 1.703 1.758 1.819 1.887 1.963 2.052 2.158 2.291 2.473 2.771
28 1.701 1.756 1.817 1.884 1.960 2.048 2.154 2.286 2.467 2.763
29 1.699 1.754 1.814 1.881 1.957 2.045 2.150 2.282 2.462 2.756
30 1.697 1.752 1.812 1.879 1.955 2.042 2.147 2.278 2.457 2.750
31 1.696 1.750 1.810 1.877 1.952 2.040 2.144 2.275 2.453 2.744
32 1.694 1.748 1.808 1.875 1.950 2.037 2.141 2.271 2.449 2.738
33 1.692 1.747 1.806 1.873 1.948 2.035 2.138 2.268 2.445 2.733
34 1.691 1.745 1.805 1.871 1.946 2.032 2.136 2.265 2.441 2.728
35 1.690 1.744 1.803 1.869 1.944 2.030 2.133 2.262 2.438 2.724
 1.645 1.696 1.751 1.812 1.881 1.960 2.054 2.170 2.327 2.576

STTN115 10|10