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Percentage change in refractive error 2019-04-04
Ammara pose la question :
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how a paper I'm looking at has found a percentage from the numbers below. its a paper comparing two lenses. it says that the new lenses 'slowed the progression of refractive error by approximately 50%'.

the refractive error with the old lenses was -2.26 after two years it was -3.28

the refractive error with the new lenses was -2.24 after two years the refractive error is - 2.75
Thank you so much for your help it is most appreciated!

Penny Nom lui répond.
Why does 10x10x10 give 1,000.0000000000001? 2017-04-12
Randolph pose la question :
Hi, On your calculator I found that a box 10 by 10 by 10 inches has a volume of 1,000.0000000000001 cubic inches. Can you explain the numeral 1 thirteen places past the decimal? Thanks, Randy
Penny Nom lui répond.
An error in finding the mean 2013-02-25
Abhishek pose la question :
Mean of 50 observations was found to be 80.4 but later all it was discovered 96 was mistake at 69 Find the correct mean?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Transposition error 2012-12-03
Carol pose la question :
What is the correct term for when a child writes 61 instead of 16, or 83 for 38--when they switch the place values of a number?
Chris Fisher lui répond.
Vapor trails 2010-04-12
Frank pose la question :
I'm not sure if this is a proper question to ask so if I have misdirected my question I apologize and no response is expected. I am trying to figure out a way to measure vapor trails from my back yard in Phoenix Arizona. If I used a compass and spread each point of the compass to the start and finish of the vapor trail I would have the angle of an isosceles triangle. The other two angles would be identical. The height of from the inverted base of the triangle to my standing spot on the ground would be about 35,000 feet. I'm thinking that there should be a way to figure out the length of the inverted base (vapor trail) but I'm devoid of mathematical skills and can't seem to figure out how to do this. Is it possible to figure out the length of a vapor trail using this method or do you have an easier way to accomplish the task?

Any help you could offer would be most appreciated.

Thanks....Frank

Harley Weston lui répond.
The integral of a to power x squared 2009-04-28
JIM pose la question :
WHEN I ATTENDED U.OF T. (TORONTO ) MANY YEARS AGO WE WERE TOLD THE FOLLOWING INTEGRAL COULD NOT BE SOLVED : a to power x squared . is this still true ?

CURIOUS , JIM

Robert Dawson lui répond.
The sum is 43 and the difference is 9 2009-03-02
Teresa pose la question :
Hi, My 10yo son came home with this two problems and we can't figure out how to solve them.

1. Find two numbers whose sum is 43 and whose difference is 9 and
2. Find two numbers whose sum is 25 and whose difference is 11..
Many thanks
Teresa

Robert Dawson, Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
Confidence level 2007-11-19
Fara pose la question :
It is common for public opinion polls to have a " confidence level" of 95%, meaning that there is a 0.95 probability that the poll results are accurate within the claimed margins of error. If six different organizations conduct independent polls, what is the probability that all six of them are accurate within the claimed margins of error? Does the results suggest that with a confidence level of 95%, we can expect that almost all polls will be within the claimed margin of error?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percent difference 2007-05-17
Carolyn pose la question :
What is the % difference between these two numbers 211373 & 185420
Gabriel Potter, Penny Nom and Steve La Rocque lui répond.
Find the sample size needed 2007-05-13
Mini pose la question :
Find the sample size needed to be 98% confident thata marketing survey on the proportion of shoppers who use the internet for holiday shopping is accurate within a margin of error of 0.02. Assume that the conditions for a binomial distribution are met, and that a current estimate for a sample proportion does not exist.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Sampling distributions 2002-02-18
A student pose la question :
  1. given: n = 40, standard deviation is not known, population of individual observations not normal. does the central limit theorem apply in this case? why or why not?

  2. for an estimation problem, list two ways of reducing the magnitude of sampling error?

  3. What will happen to the magnitude of sampling error if the confidence level is raised all other things remaining the same? justify your answer?

Harley Weston lui répond.
Numerical problems 2001-11-27
Yossi pose la question :
I am preparing a 45 minutes class for K-12 students. The problem is to show that algebraic equivalent expressions are not always numerically equivalent. In particular I would like to show one of these dangers: cancellation that occurs during the subtraction of nearly equal quantities. Do you have a good reference I could use to prepare my class. In particular to be able to show some examples and how one can avoid this type of error. I also would like to show examples with practical use. I tried to look up in the web but did not find anyhting appropriate.
Chris Fisher lui répond.
Renee, Paulo and Peter 2001-11-18
Sue pose la question :
Renee is 5 years older than Paulo. she is also 7 years older than Peter. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is each person.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Linear regression 2001-08-01
A student and a mother pose la question :
My mom is taking a correspondence course in Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis and we've been arguing about the relationship between the correlation -rxy and standard estimate of error-Sy.x. I took statistics last year in high school and I remember something about the Sy.x being proportionate to the r. Are they inversely related, directly related, not related, or can only range from 0 to 1.00? Her book doesn't say very much and I believe they are inversely related. She says they're directly related.
Chris Fisher and Penny Nom lui répond.
Margin of error 2001-07-13
Jim pose la question :
If a survey was completed by four different groups of people as indicated below what would the over-all margin of error be for this survey given the fact that the number of people in each group were different?
 
Group   # polled   Margin of error 
A.           779           +/- 4% 
B.           315           +/- 7% 
C.           323           +/- 6% 
D.           254           +/- 9% 

Andrei Volodin lui répond.
What is wrong with these probelms? 2001-02-09
Cindy pose la question :
Hi, I am a planning on becomming a teacher and i am asked to find out what is wrong with these probelms and how i would go about showing a student what is wrong with them!!

Error in patterns:
13/35=1/5; 27/73=2/3; 16/64=1/4

4/5+2/3=6/8; 2/5+3/4=5/9; 7/8+1/3=8/11

2/3*3=6/9; 1/4*6=6/24; 4/5*2=8/10


Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom lui répond.
Two problems 2000-11-02
Michael pose la question :
Question:
I mistakenly divided a number by 5 when I should have multiplied by 5. FInd my percent of error.

Next Question:
How many odd numbers are between 10 and 9,999 from the digits 0-9 if each digit is used once per number.


Penny Nom lui répond.
Estimating the population mean 1999-11-13
John Barekman pose la question :
Statitistics: Estimating the population mean when the standard deviation is known:

I am not sure which n to use in the formula for the confidence interval equation:

x +/- z*(standard deviation/sqrt(n))

If we have data of ten people, and if we have the data of ten sets of ten people each, what is the difference in the n that we use? What is the difference between the standard deviation and the standard error? Are we using the number of sampling means or just the number of samples?
Harley Weston lui répond.

The three cousins 1999-06-01
Irena pose la question :
I have three cousins on my dad's side. The product of their ages is 84. Next year the youngest will be 1/4 the age of the middle cousin. In 2 years from now, the oldest will be twice the current age of the middle. What is the age of my oldest cousin?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Intersecting Lines. 1998-02-10
Erik Heppler pose la question :
My typewriter frequently makes mistakes. Suppose I gave you the following system of equations to solve:

35.26X + 14.95Y = 28.35
187.3X + 79.43Y = 83.29

When I looked back, I realized that I meant to use 14.96 as the "Y" coefficient in the first equation instead of 14.95. Solving the system using 14.95 and then solving another system using 14.96 with all other values the same both times results in the intersection points (1776, -4186) and (-770, 1816) respectively.
How can that be?
Penny nom lui répond.

 
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