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codyclark

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The length of time it takes college students to find a parking spot in the library parking lot follows a normal distribution with a mean of 6.5 minutes and a standard deviation of 1 minute.
 
  Find the probability that a
  randomly selected college student will take between 5.0 and 7.5 minutes to find a parking spot in the library
  lot.
  A) 0.7745 B) 0.4938 C) 0.0919 D) 0.2255

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Researchers wanted to determine whether there was an association between city driving and stomach ulcers. They selected a sample of 900 young adults and followed them for a twenty-year period.
 
  At the start of the study none of the participants was suffering from a stomach ulcer. Each person kept track of the number of hours per week they spent driving in city traffic. At the end of the study each participant underwent tests to determine whether they were suffering from a stomach ulcer. The researchers analyzed the results to determine whether there was an association between city driving and stomach ulcers. A) cohort; Individuals are observed over a long period of time.
  B) cross-sectional; Information is collected at a specific point in time.
  C) retrospective; Individuals are asked to look back in time.



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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