There is a weekend fishing competition that Amanda participates in each year. There are several other fishing boats that participate in this competition. Amanda caught 42 fish at the competition this year. Among all of the competitors, the number of fish caught this year had a mean of 43 fish and a standard deviation of 9 fish. (a) Find the -score of the number of fish that Amanda caught relative to the numbers of fish caught among all the competitors. Round your answer to two decimal places. × = 0 (b) Fill in the blanks to interpret the I-score of the number of fish that Amanda caught. Make sure to express your answer in terms of a positive number of standard deviations. The number of fish that Amanda caught was ☐ standard deviations (Choose one) of fish caught among all the competitors. the mean number

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Chapter10: Statistics
Section10.4: Distributions Of Data
Problem 22PFA
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There is a weekend fishing competition that Amanda participates in each year. There are several other fishing boats that participate in this competition. Amanda
caught 42 fish at the competition this year. Among all of the competitors, the number of fish caught this year had a mean of 43 fish and a standard deviation of
9 fish.
(a) Find the -score of the number of fish that Amanda caught relative to the numbers of fish caught among all the
competitors. Round your answer to two decimal places.
×
= 0
(b) Fill in the blanks to interpret the I-score of the number of fish that Amanda caught. Make sure to express your answer
in terms of a positive number of standard deviations.
The number of fish that Amanda caught was ☐ standard deviations (Choose one)
of fish caught among all the competitors.
the mean number
Transcribed Image Text:There is a weekend fishing competition that Amanda participates in each year. There are several other fishing boats that participate in this competition. Amanda caught 42 fish at the competition this year. Among all of the competitors, the number of fish caught this year had a mean of 43 fish and a standard deviation of 9 fish. (a) Find the -score of the number of fish that Amanda caught relative to the numbers of fish caught among all the competitors. Round your answer to two decimal places. × = 0 (b) Fill in the blanks to interpret the I-score of the number of fish that Amanda caught. Make sure to express your answer in terms of a positive number of standard deviations. The number of fish that Amanda caught was ☐ standard deviations (Choose one) of fish caught among all the competitors. the mean number
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