Given $A = \left[ \begin{array} { c c c } - 5 & 5 & 5 \\10 & - 5 & 0 \\- 15 & 0 & - 5\end{array} \right]$

question 33

Multiple Choice

Given $A = \left[ \begin{array} { c c c } - 5 & 5 & 5 \\10 & - 5 & 0 \\- 15 & 0 & - 5\end{array} \right]$ , use $A ^ { - 1 }$ to decode the following cryptogram: $\begin{array} { l } \begin{array} { l l l l l l l l l l l } - 355 & 60 & - 35 & - 185 & 15 & - 25 & 60 & - 95 & - 40 & 60 & - 30\\10 & - 145 & 70 & 45 & - 255 & 90 & 45 & - 5 & 25 & 45\end{array} \\\end{array}$

• A)MATHEMATICIAN GALOIS
• B)MATHEMATICIAN JACOBI
• C)MATHEMATICIAN EUCLID
• D)MATHEMATICIAN PASCAL
• E)MATHEMATICIAN AGNESI

Understand the concepts of measures of dispersion (range, variance, standard deviation) and how they are used to describe data variability.

Recognize different statistical terms and their definitions (e.g., degrees of freedom, frequencies, z-score).

Know the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics.

Differentiate between different types of data (categorical vs. continuous) and understand why the distinction is important.

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