You Are Inside a Jet Plane Moving at a Constant

question 9

Multiple Choice

You are inside a jet plane moving at a constant velocity. You toss a rock straight up in the air, and then you keep your hand at the point of release. The rock will come down

• A) in your hand.
• B) beside your hand.
• C) behind your hand.
• D) in front of your hand.
• E) Actually the rock won't come down.

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Definitions:

Percentile

A measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls.

Normal Model

A bell-shaped frequency distribution graph where the bulk of the values lie close to the mean, used in many statistical analyses to describe data sets.

Percentile

A measure used in statistics indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group fall.

Standard Deviation

A metric that assesses the level of dispersion or scattering within a collection of data values.