CHAPTER 9
TABLES, STATISTICS, AND PROBABILITY
Try on Your Own
Directions
Take as much time as you need on these questions. the word *consistent," think "standard
HINT: For 08, when you see
Work carefully and methodically. There will be an deviation."
opportunity for timed practice later in the book.
Brin
Charles Gautam
8.5 8.4
8.3
Run
8.0 8.0
7.7
Run 2
Number of
8.5 7.5
Country B 7.1
Languages Country A Run
70 6.6 7.8
55 Run 4
50 8.0 8.1
80 Run
7.5 7.2
50 6.6
3 50 Run 6
8.07 7.93
45 7.38
40 Mean score
0.39 0.67
35 0.73
25 Standard deviation
participated in :
anthropologist chose 250 citizens at random Charles, Gautam, and Brin for each
An
of two European countries and sepa- snowboarding competition. The scores
from each
rated them into groups based on how many
o their six qualifying runs are shown in the table.
results are shown in the According to the data, which of the following 153
languages they spoke. The
median number of languages valid conclusion?
table. What is the
country B? score, so his
spoken by the sample of citizens from Charles had the smallest mean
performance was the least consistent.
A
the smallest standard deviation,
B OB Gautam had
so his performance was
the most consistent.
O
© 3 Charles had the largest standard deviation, so
his performance was the most consistent.
D
any one run, so
© Brin had the highest score
on
the most consistent.
her performance was
is c, and the average of 3x
The average of x and 5 terms
of c and din
average
and 3 is d. What is the
C
of x?
x = c5 =
⑧ A
a
B X+4 3x =
© 3 =d
2x + 4 139
D
