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1.) At a large lake, Frank decided to get some data on the lengths of largemouth bass caught. As boats came in at the end of the day and
asked several fishermen for the lengths of the bass they caught. The following is the lengths of 16 largemouth bass that were caught that
day measured in inches.

10.2, 11.3, 8.1, 15.2, 14.5, 16.2, 14.8, 9.7, 10.8, 11.7, 22.4, 18.7, 27.7, 23.5, 12.7, 15.1

A. Describe a procedure for how to find the median of this data, and then carry out that procedure.

Below is a histogram of the data collected from the 16 fish.

B. If you only had this histogram and not the data, describe a procedure to estimate the median and carry out that procedure.

C. Use the actual data and calculate the mean. Is the mean higher, lower, or roughly equal to the median? Describe why this is based on the
data and graph given to you above.

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D. Check for any outliers in the data and then construct a boxplot of the data.

E. Describe the distribution of the lengths of the 16 largemouth bass measured.

2.) The distribution of scores on a recent test follows a Normal distribution with a mean of 38 points and a standard deviation of 6 points.
A. What proportion of students scored at most 30 points on the test?

B. What is the 85th percentile of the distribution of test scores?

The teacher wishes to curve the scores on the test using the following formula: new score = 10 + 1.5(old score)

C. What will the new mean and standard deviation be for the transformed scores?

D. On another assignment the teacher gave to the class the mean was 12.3 points and the standard deviation was 2.5 points, and the
minimum score of all the students was a 10. Does this data follow a Normal distribution? Explain why or why not.

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3.) A cereal manufacturer has a machine that fills the boxes. Boxes are labeled “16 ounces'' so the company wants to have that much cereal in
each box, but since no packaging process is perfect, there will be minor variations. If the machine is set to dispense exactly 16 ounces and
the Normal curve applies (or at least the distribution is roughly symmetric), then about half of the boxes will be underweight, making
customers unhappy and exposing the company to bad publicity and possible lawsuits. Also about half the boxes will be overweight, not bad
for the customers but costly for the company. To prevent underweight boxes (the bigger issue) the manufacturer has to set the mean a
little higher than 16.0 ounces. Based on their experience with the packaging machine, the company believes that the amount of cereal in
the boxes fits a Normal model with a standard deviation of 0.2 ounces. The manufacturer decides to set the machine to put an average of
16.3 ounces in each box. Let’s use that model to answer a series of questions about these cereal boxes.
A. What proportion of the boxes will be underweight?

B. The company’s lawyers say that 6.7% is too high. They insist that no more than 4% of the boxes be underweight. So the company needs
to set the machine to put a little more cereal in each box. What mean setting do they need? (In the eyes of the company what is bad
about this?)

C. The company’s president vetoes that plan, saying the company should give away less free cereal not more. Her goal is to set the machine
no higher than 16.2 ounces and still have only 4% underweight boxes. The only way to accomplish this is to reduce the standard
deviation. What standard deviation must the company achieve, and what does that mean about the machine?

D. A competitor of the before mentioned cereal company makes an outrageous claim in an attempt to “one up” their competitor’s machinery.
They claim to have a machine that fills boxes so that only 3% of boxes are less than 16 ounces and furthermore they claim that only 5%
of boxes are filled over 16.1 ounces. What parameters is their amazing machine working with? Show all work.

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