When Asked to Give a Range for the Height of the Tallest

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Short Answer

When asked to give a range for the height of the tallest mountain in North America such that people were 90 percent confident the true number falls within it, most people gave ranges that were

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Definitions:

Aldopentose

A five-carbon sugar (pentose) that contains an aldehyde group as part of its structure, important in nucleic acids and energy metabolism.

Ketotetrose

A type of monosaccharide with four carbon atoms and a ketone functional group.

Aldotetrose

A four-carbon sugar (tetrose) with an aldehyde group as its carbonyl functional group.

Aldohexose

A six-carbon sugar with an aldehyde group at one end.