If a Carpenter Wants to Make Sure That the Corner $17.5$

question 109

Multiple Choice

If a carpenter wants to make sure that the corner of a closet is square and measures 5 ft and 12 ft. along the walls, how long should he make the diagonal?

• A) \(17.5\) ft
• B) \(13.6\) ft
• C) \(16\) ft
• D) \(13\) ft
• E) \(17\) ft

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Confidence

The degree of certainty or trust in a specific context, often used to refer to the level of certainty in statistical conclusions.

Confidence Interval

A band of numerical estimates, from sample data, seen as likely to include the value of an invisible population characteristic.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on many random samples from a specific population.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped curve that describes the spread of a characteristic throughout a population; it is symmetric and depicts that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.