NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

SMA2217: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS III

TUTORIAL WORKSHEET FIVE

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A1. The average size of a farm in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, is 191 acres. The average
size of a farm in Greene County, Pennsylvania, is 199 acres. Assume the data were
obtained from two samples with standard deviations of 38 and 12 acres, respectively,
and sample sizes of 8 and 10, respectively. Can it be concluded at α = 0.05 that the
average size of the farms in the two counties is different? Assume the populations are
normally distributed.

A2. A dietitian wishes to see if a persons cholesterol level will change if the diet is sup-
plemented by a certain mineral. Six subjects were pretested, and then they took the
mineral supplement for a 6-week period. The results are shown in the table. (Choles-
terol level is measured in milligrams per deciliter.)

(a) Can it be concluded that the cholesterol level has been changed at α = 0.10?
Assume the variable is approximately normally distributed.
Subject 1 2 3 4 5 6
Before (X1 ) 210 235 208 190 172 244
After (X2 ) 190 170 210 188 173 228
(b) Find the 90 % confidence interval

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A3. As an aid for improving students study habits, nine students were randomly selected to
attend a seminar on the importance of education in life. The table shows the number
of hours each student studied per week before and after the seminar. At α = 0.10, did
attending the seminar increase the number of hours the students studied per week?

Before 9 12 15 3 18 10 13 7
After 9 17 20 2 21 15 22 6

A4. In a sample of 200 workers, 45 % said that they missed work because of personal illness.
Ten years ago in a sample of 200 workers, 35 % said that they missed work because of
personal illness.

(a) At α = 0.01, is there a difference in the proportion?

(b) Find the 95 % confidence interval for the difference of proportions

A5. The Miami County commissioners feel that a higher percentage of women work there
than in neighboring Greene County. To test this, they randomly select 1000 women in
each county and find that in Miami, 622 women work and in Greene, 594 work. Using
α = 0.05, do you think the Miami County commissioners are correct?

A6. Define the following terms:

(a) correlation co efficient

(b) independent variable
(c) dependent variable
(d) strong positive linear relationship
(e) correlation
(f) regression

A7. From the data below:

Company Cars (in ten thousands) Revenue (in billions)

A 63.0 7.0
B 29.0 3.9
C 20.8 2.1
D 19.1 2.8
E 13.4 1.4
F 8.5 1.5

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 (a) Construct a scatter plot for the data shown for car rental companies in the United
States for a recent year.
(b) Compute the correlation coefficient for the data
(c) Test the significance of the correlation coefficient using α = 0.05
(d) Find the equation of the regression line for the data

A8. Construct a scatter plot for the data obtained in a study on the number of hours
that nine people exercise each week and the amount of milk (in ounces) each person
consumes per week. The data are shown.
Subject Hour, x Amount, y
A 3 48
B 0 8
C 2 32
D 5 64
E 8 10
F 5 32
G 10 56
H 2 72
I 1 48
Compute the value of the correlation coefficient for the data and test the significance
of the correlation coefficient using α=0.01.

A9. Consider the table below

Student Number of absences Final grade (%)
A 6 82
B 2 86
C 15 43
D 9 74
E 12 58
F 5 90
G 8 78
(a) Construct a scatter plot for the data shown for absences data above
(b) Compute the correlation coefficient for the data
(c) Find the equation of the regression line for the data

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