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Cooldude101

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Which of the following is an example of categorical data?
 a. social security number
  b. score on a multiple-choice exam
  c. height, in meters, of a diving board
  d. number of square feet of carpet

Question 2

In grading eggs into small, medium, and large, the Nancy Farms packs the eggs that weigh more than 3.6 ounces in packages marked large and the eggs that weigh less than 2.4 ounces into packages marked small; the remainder are packed in packages marked medium. If a day's packaging contained 10.2 large and 4.18 small eggs, determine the mean and the standard deviation for the eggs' weights. Assume that the distribution of the weights is normal.



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

Mean = 3.092 Standard Deviation = 0.4



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