Thank you in advance for any help!
1. The waiting time (in minutes) for a CATA bus at MSU is distributed
uniformly between θ - 3 and θ + 3. A sample of 75 students are taken and
their waiting times recorded.
a) Find V ( X-bar )
ATTEMPT: V(X) = 36/12 = 3
V(X-bar) = V(X)/n = 3/75 = .04
b) Find the 95% confidence interval for θ based on X-bar.
ATTEMPT: X-bar +/- Z(alpha/2) * sigma/sqrt(n)
= x-bar +/- 1.96 * 1.73/sqrt(75)
= x-bar +/- 0.392
c) Suppose θ = 3. Find the approximate value of the probability that the
waiting time of a randomly selected student exceeds 2.8 minutes.
ATTEMPT: P(Z ≤ (X - E(X))/sqrt(sigma^2/n))
P(X > 2.8) = 1 - P( Z ≤ (2.8-3.0)/sqrt(3.0/75))
= 1 - P( Z ≤ -1.0 )
= 1 - .1587 = .8413





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