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here are the summary statistics for the all - time top 50 womens long jump distances (in meters).
| n | mean | sd | min | q1 | med | q3 | max |
| 50 | 7.2 | 0.12 | 7.06 | 7.11 | 7.17 | 7.27 | 7.52 |
- calculate the z - score for american jackie joyner - kersee, who jumped 7.49 meters in 1994.
- how far did jackie joyner - kersee jump in feet (1 meter = 3.28 feet)?
- if all 50 jumps were converted to feet, what would be the new mean and new standard deviation of the distances?
- calculate the z - score for jackie joyner - kersees jump when it is measured in feet. what do you notice?
a local farmer sells chicken eggs at a farmers market every weekend. she keeps track of the number of dozens of eggs sold each weekend for an entire year, and finds the mean is 14.7 dozen and the standard deviation is 3.0 dozen.
- what is the variance for the distribution of dozens of eggs sold?
- suppose the farmer converts all the values from dozens of eggs to number of eggs. what is the new mean and new standard deviation?
- what is the variance for the distribution of number of eggs sold?
- how does this new variance compare to the original variance?
1. Calculate the z - score for American Jackie Joyner - Kersee who jumped 7.49 meters in 1994
Step1: Recall z - score formula
The z - score formula is $z=\frac{x-\mu}{\sigma}$, where $x$ is the data point, $\mu$ is the mean, and $\sigma$ is the standard deviation.
Given $\mu = 7.2$, $\sigma=0.12$, and $x = 7.49$.
Step2: Substitute values into formula
$z=\frac{7.49 - 7.2}{0.12}=\frac{0.29}{0.12}\approx2.42$
Step1: Use conversion factor
Multiply the distance in meters by the conversion factor.
$d = 7.49\times3.28$
Step2: Calculate the result
$d=7.49\times3.28 = 24.5672$ feet
Step1: Convert the mean
Since we multiply each data - point by 3.28 to convert from meters to feet, the new mean $\mu_{new}=7.2\times3.28 = 23.616$ feet.
Step2: Convert the standard deviation
The standard deviation also gets multiplied by the conversion factor. So $\sigma_{new}=0.12\times3.28 = 0.3936$ feet.
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$z\approx2.42$