When Kate Exercises, She Either Swims or Runs

question 52

Short Answer

When Kate exercises, she either swims or runs. She wants to spend a minimum of 6 hours a week exercising, and she wants to swim 2 times the amount she runs. What is the minimum amount of time she must spend doing each exercise? At least __________ hours running and __________ hours swimming.

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Sampled Population

The subset of individuals from a larger population used in a statistical study.

Standard Error

A measure of the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using the standard deviation of the sample means.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a study or used in a statistical sample.

Parameter

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