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If a student measured the edge length of a cubic metal nine times as follows: 5.16, 5.29, 5.20, 5.08, 5.23, 5.36,
5.11, 5.28 and 5.12 cm. The student also measured the mass of the cube to be 380.5±0.5 g. Answer the
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3.
1. The sample standard deviation for the edge length of the cube is
0.09 cm
0.03 cm
0.05 cm
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e. 0.06 cm
The best estimate for the edge length of the cube is
a.
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b. 5.2033+0.0944 cm
c. 5.20+0.09 cm
d. 5.20+0.06 cm
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The volume of the cubic metallic piece is
a. 140.910.09 cm3
140.8+0.08 cm3
c. 14113 cm3.
d. 140+2 cm3
e. 140+3 cm3
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a. 2.71±0.07 g/cm3
(b) 2.700±0.06 g/cm3
c. 2.700+0.005 g/cm3
d. 2.70±0.06 g/cm3
e. 2.70±0.05 g/cm3
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In a sample with a standard deviation of s=8, a score of x=64 corresponds to z=-0.50 what is the sample mean?
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