On a Photograph of the Moon, the Moon Measures 30

question 79

Multiple Choice

On a photograph of the Moon, the Moon measures 30 cm in diameter and a small crater measures 0.2 cm. The Moon's physical diameter is 1738 km. What is the physical diameter of the small crater

• A)about 1738 km
• B)about 12 km
• C)about 520 km
• D)about 350 km
• E)about 3.5 km

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The average value of all the individuals or elements within a complete population.

Lower Tail

The lower tail of a distribution refers to the section of the distribution that contains the smaller values, often used in the context of probabilities and statistical significance.

Confidence Interval

An array of values, extracted from sample statistics, considered likely to have within it the value of an unknown population parameter.

Population Variance

Population variance is a measure of the dispersion among numbers in a population set, indicating how much individual numbers differ from the population mean.