Write the Word or Phrase That Best Completes Each Statement

question 96

Essay

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Solve the problem.
-A landscaping company sells 40-pound bags of top soil. The actual weight x of a bag, however, may differfrom the advertised weight by as much as 0.75 pound. Write an inequality involving absolute value thatexpresses the relationship between the actual weight x of a bag and 40 pounds. Over what range may theweight of a 40-pound bag of to soil vary?

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values; a high standard deviation indicates that the values are spread out over a wider range.

Coefficient Of Variation

The coefficient of variation is a standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, expressed as a percentage of the mean.

Empirical Rule

A statistical principle that indicates almost all values in a normal distribution lie within three standard deviations from the average.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.