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#1 Re: Help Me ! » Wind Speed » 2010-01-08 04:33:29

Would it be something like

3x + y = 785?

#2 Re: Help Me ! » Wind Speed » 2010-01-08 04:23:36

I looked up average speeds of planes and then divided into 785 miles.  My first answer was 314mph.

#3 Help Me ! » Wind Speed » 2010-01-08 04:07:07

bodie001
Replies: 11

a plane with a tailwind makes a 785-mile flight in 2.5 hours. The return flight against the wind takes half hour longer.  What is the wind speed?

I got 3 completely different answers:
52 Mph
288 mph
314 mph

Which one is correct?

#7 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 09:40:29

So the probabilty of the diameter in my pipe being over 0.44 inch is 97.72%

#8 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 09:29:30

97.8%  and above?

i thought I was getting this.

#10 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 09:18:17

yes and if i change it to a precenage the answer would be 47.72%?

#11 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 08:23:06

Yes so 2 deviations would be .1359?

#13 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 07:35:35

Unfortunately I don't.  I think I will drop the course before it begins.

#14 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 07:16:13

I am looking at this and I can only guess that it's somewhere between 2.3% and the 15.9%

#15 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 06:43:41

Hi bobby,

My computer is older and I can't open this link.

#16 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 06:15:54

I have the Nature of Math 11th edition.

I can almost see what you are doing, but still really have no idea.  I am done for when the spring semester starts.

thanks,

#17 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 05:56:17

No I didn't.  trying to get a handle on statistics before my class begins in about 2 weeks.

#18 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 05:22:06

Thank you...

One more that I am really struggling with:

Diameter of a pipe is normally distributed with a mean of 0.4 inch and a variance of 0.0004.  What is the probabilty that the diameter of a randomly selected pipe will exceed 0.44 inch. 

The book that I bought I can't understand how to apply and use any of the formulas.

#19 Re: Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-06 01:23:30

Hi Bobby,

Still trying to figure this out, but it is all greek to me.

#20 Help Me ! » Help with Means » 2010-01-05 06:10:38

bodie001
Replies: 33

Instant dinner comes in packages with weights that are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.3oz.  If 2.3% of the dinners weigh more than 13.5oz, what is the mean weight?

#21 Help Me ! » Deviation, mode and mean / need lots of HELP!!! » 2010-01-05 06:08:03

bodie001
Replies: 1

For a class of 43 students, the mean grade is 67 and the standard deviation is 7, how many students, should receive a C?

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