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Chapter 6.3, Problem 6.37ACI
Minimizing tractor skidding distance. When planning for a new forest road to be used for tree harvesting, planners must select the location to minimize tractor skidding distance. In the Journal of Forest Engineering (July 1999), researchers wanted to estimate the true
- a. Estimate the true mean skidding distance for the road with a 95% confidence interval.
- b. Give a practical interpretation of the interval, part a.
- c. What conditions are required for the inference, part b, to be valid? Are these conditions reasonably satisfied?
- d. A logger working on the road claims the mean skidding distance is at least 425 meters. Do you agree?
488 | 350 | 457 | 199 | 285 | 409 | 435 | 574 | 439 | 546 |
385 | 295 | 184 | 261 | 273 | 400 | 311 | 312 | 141 | 425 |
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You own the only pharmacy in the small town of Jackson City, which has 40,000 residents. You would like to get a sense of what the local demand is for seasonal allergy medicine so you can determine how many packages to keep in stock and what price to charge. You conduct a survey of four residents of Jackson City, asking them about the quantity of allergy medicine they would buy each allergy season at various prices. Their responses are shown in the accompanying table. Estimate and graph the demand for the entire town of Jackson City.
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You own the only pharmacy in the small town of Jackson City, which has 40,000 residents. You would like to get a sense of what the local demand is for seasonal allergy medicine so you can determine how many packages to keep in stock and what price to charge. You conduct a survey of four residents of Jackson City, asking them about the quantity of allergy medicine they would buy each allergy season at various prices. Their responses are shown in the accompanying table. Estimate and graph the demand for the entire town of Jackson City.
Price
Lee
June
Carlotta
Eric
$8
8
5
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9
$10
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5
5
$12
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I submitted this question earlier and I understand how to add up the market demand for each individual but I don't understand how to estimate the entire market demand for Jackson city which has 40,000 residents including the individuals listed in the chart. If you could please answer this specifically I would appreciate it.
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