New Maple Sap Method

question 128

Multiple Choice

New Maple Sap Method
With the new way to tap maple trees, farmers could produce 10 times as much maple syrup per acre.Source: cbc.ca, February 5, 2014
-The new method of tapping maple trees _______ the supply of maple syrup and the _______ quantity supplied of maple syrup.

• A)increases; does not change
• B)increases; increases
• C)does not change; does not change
• D)does not change; increases
• E)does not change; decreases

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the spread of a set of values in a population, giving insight into the variability within the entire population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or elements selected from a population to be included in a sample.

Upper Limit

The highest value in a range or set of data, often referring to the maximum point in an interval or boundary in statistical analysis.

Standard Deviation

An indicator that determines how spread out a dataset is from its mean, obtained by taking the square root of the variance.