The Following Data Represents Motor Vehicle Theft Rates Per 100,000

question 38

Essay

The following data represents motor vehicle theft rates per 100,000 people for the cities of Detroit,Michigan,Newark,New Jersey,St.Louis,Missouri,Oakland,California,Atlanta,Georgia,and Fresno,California.These six cities had the highest per-capita motor vehicle theft rates in the nation in 2010. a.What is the mean and median per-capita theft rates of the above cities?
b.Given the standard deviation of the per-capita crime rate in Detroit is 200 thefts per 100,000 use the empirical rule to calculate the probability Detroit has over 1800 thefts per 100,000 next year?

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