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The amount of television viewed by today's youth is of primary concern to Parents Against Watching Television (PAWT). Three hundred parents of elementary school-aged children were asked to estimate the number of hours per week that their child watches television. The upper quartile for the distribution was given as 14 hours. Interpret this value.
 
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The number of homeruns hit during a major league baseball game follows a Poisson distribution with . Find the mean and standard deviation for this distribution.
 
  A) mean = 3.2, standard Deviation = 3.2 B) mean = 1.79, standard Deviation = 3.2
  C) mean = 3.2, standard Deviation = 10.24 D) mean = 3.2, standard Deviation = 1.79


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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

75 of the TV viewing times are less than 14 hours per week. 25 of the times exceed 14 hours per week.

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Reply #2 on: Jun 24, 2018
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