2.5 0.7 3.4 1.8 1.9 2.00 1.3 1.2 2.2 0.9 2.

7
3.2 0.7 2.3 3.1 1.3 4.2 3.4 1.5 2.1 1.00 2.4
3.6 0.8 3.00 2.8 3.6 3.1 2.4 3.2 4.4 4.1 1.5
3.00 3.7 1.7 3.1 2.4 3.00 1.5 3.1 2.4 2.1 2.1
1.2 2.2 1.3 3.00 3.00 2.2 1.5 2.7 0.9 2.5 3.2
2.3 0.6 0.00 1.00 1.4 0.9 2.6 2.1 3.4 0.5 4.1
2.2 4.2 1.1 2.3 3.1 1.7 2.8 2.5 1.8 1.7 0.6
1.3 1.7 3.00 0.8 1.6 1.8 1.4 3.00 1.9 2.7 0.8
2.6 3.2 1.00 3.2 1.6 3.4 1.7 2.3 2.6 1.4 3.3

Read the following scenario on a survey that you have conducted on the
citizens of Dhaka city
for your final assignment. Then answer the following questions.
In the near future, nations will likely to do more to save the environment.
Possible actions include reducing energy use and recycling. Currently, most
products manufactured from recycled material are considerably more
expensive than those manufactured from material found in the earth. For
example, it is approximately three times as expensive to produce glass bottles
from recycled glass than from silica sand, soda ash, and limestone, all plentiful
materials mined in numerous countries. It is more expensive to manufacture
aluminium cans from recycled cans than from bauxite. Newspapers are an
exception. It can be profitable to recycle newspaper. A major expense is the
collection from homes. In recent years, many companies have gone into the
business of collecting used newspapers from households and recycling them. A
financial analyst for one such company has recently computed that the firm
would make a profit if the mean weekly newspaper collection from each
household exceeded 2.0 pounds. In a study to determine the feasibility of a
recycling plant, a random sample of 148 households was drawn from a large
community, and the weekly weight of newspapers discarded for recycling for
each household was recorded and listed.

Do these data provide sufficient evidence to allow the analyst to conclude that
a recycling plant would be profitable?
Questions to be answered:

A. For quantitative data collected answer the following questions: Assume

that the quantitative values (weight of discarded newspaper) provided by the
households in both your sample and population are normally distributed.

1. Draw the frequency distributions and calculate relative frequencies and

relative frequency percentages for the variables (Number of classes should be
5). Decide on the type of the variables (Discrete or Continuous variable).
Answer;
As we know, some variables assume values that cannot be counted, and they can
assume any numerical value between two numbers. Such variables are called
continuous variables.
The type of variable is: Continuous variable.
According to the table, range= maximum-minimum 4.4-0.0=4.4
So, width of each class is= 4.4/5 (Number of classes should be 5)
=0.88

Class Frequency Relative Relative frequency

frequency percentage
0.0-0.88 13 0.0878 8.78%
0.88-1.76 39 0.2635 26.35%
1.76-2.64 48 0.3243 32.43%
2.64-3.52 36 0.2432 24.32%
3.52-4.4 12 0.0812 8.12%
Total, ∑f=148 Total=1.00 Total=100.0%
(Answer)
5. Find the probability that the weight of a randomly selected discarded
newspaper package from a household will be between 1.8 pound and 3.3
pound.
Probability between 1.8 pound and 3.3 pound is P(1.8≤x≤3.3)
℺=0.98
When 1.8 is X, Z= (1.8-2.1804)/0.98
= -0.39
When 3.3 is X, Z= (3.3-2.1804)/0.98
=1.14
⸪ P(-0.39<Z<1.14)
= (0.8729-0.3483)
=0.5246
So, Probability between 1.8 pound and 3.3 pound is P(1.8≤x≤3.3)
( answer)