Q14. An analysis determined that approximately 99 percent of the observations of daily sales for a company were within the interval from $230,000 to $480,000 and that daily sales for the company were normally distributed. The mean daily sales and standard deviation of daffy sales, respectively, for the company were closest to:
Mean daily sales stance deviation of day sales A. $351,450 $41,667 B. $351,450 $83,333 C. $355,000 $41,557 D. $355,000 $83,333
答案和详解如下:
Q14, C 07Mnduiar Level I, Vol.1, pp389 390 Study Session 3-9-9 Given that sales are normally distributed, the mean is centered in the interval Mean = ($230,000+$480,000/2=$355,000 An interval including 99% of the observations extends three standard deviations either side of the mean. The standard deviation of daily sales = ($355,000-$230,000)/3=$41,667
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