A Purchasing Agent for a Trucking Company Is Shopping for Replacement

question 15

Multiple Choice

A purchasing agent for a trucking company is shopping for replacement tires for their trucks from two suppliers. The suppliers' prices are the same. However,Supplier A's tires have an average life of 60,000 miles with a standard deviation of 10,000 miles. Supplier B's tires have an average life of 60,000 miles with a standard deviation of 2,000 miles. Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The two distributions of tire life are the same.
• B)On average,Supplier A's tires have a longer life than Supplier B's tires.
• C)The life of Supplier B's tire is more predictable than the life of Supplier A's tires.
• D)The dispersion of Supplier A's tire life is less than the dispersion of Supplier B's tire life.

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