Manuel Renato C.

Tuballa

Let’s Check and Let’s Analyze -ULO A.

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2. A mountain climber plans to buy some rope to use as a lifeline. Which of the
following would be the better choice? Explain why you think your choice is the
better choice.

Rope A: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 100 lb

Rope B: Mean breaking strength: 500 lb; standard deviation of 10 lb

-I would choose Rope B, since the standard deviation is less. Hence, the more
the consistency is high.
3. A national secondary achievement test is administered annually to high school
students. The test has a mean score of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. If
Peter’s z-score is 1.20, what was her score on the test?

z = (X - μ) / σ

where z is the z-score, X is the value of the element, μ is the mean of the
population, and σ is the standard deviation.

Solving for Peter’s test score (X), we get

X = (z * σ) + 100 = (1.20 * 15) + 100 = 18 + 100 = 118

Thus the answer is 118.

4. Sarah has taken two examinations in her statistics class. She scored 35 on the first
exam, for which the mean of all scores was 32 and the standard deviation was
5.4. Her score on the second exam, for which the mean of all scores was 28 and
the standard deviation was 4.0, was 34. In comparison to her classmates, did
Sarah do better on the first exam or the second exam?

z = (X - μ) / σ

Solving for Sarah’s z-score (z) on her first exam, we get

z = (35-32) / 5.4 = (3) / 5.4 = .56

Solving for Sarah’s z-score (z) on her second exam, we get

z = (34-28) / 4.0 = (6) / 4.0 = 1.5

Thus, Sarah did better on the second examination for having a z-score 1.5 that is
greater from the previous test.