Growth a Scientist Is Running an Experiment That Involves Waiting

question 41

Essay

Growth A scientist is running an experiment that involves waiting for a culture to grow.
The average time for one experiment to run is 93 minutes with a standard deviation of 10
minutes.
a. If the scientist is going to run five experiments, with a 7 minute set-up time in between
each experiment, what is the average of the total time this will take?
b. What is the standard deviation of the total time?
c. What assumption did you need make the calculations in the previous two problems?

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