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CAHSEE Math 2.1 Statistics, Data, and Probability II 178 Views


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Statistics, Data, and Probability II Drill 2 Problem 1. Yogi's rate of success increased the most from when to when?

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This question is shmoopier than the average bear…

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Yogi Bear has been tracking his picnic basket-stealing rate of success

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for each of the first six months of the year.

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The following graph shows how Yogi fared in each of those months.

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Yogi’s rate of success increased the most from… when to when?

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And here are the potential answers…

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Ok so this question is asking about relative growth rates and it is asking us to calculate

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from one period to the next.

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Note that the answer set doesn’t even include the first period so we can ignore it.

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Best way to start is to just make a quick table.

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Sit at it, take out our notebook and pen.

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And then make this kind of table:

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Second: 65

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Third: 70

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Fourth: 80

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Fifth: 50

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Sixth: 70 Well just visually we can tell that the steepest

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increase is from 5 to 6 but to be hugely sure we’re right…

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…we can just apply the formula NEW MINUS OLD OVER OLD to each of the choices.

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For A, it looks like this: 70 – 65 over 65 and the growth rate is 5 over 65 or just 7.7%.

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For B, we grow from 70 to 80 or 10 units and

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get 10 over 70 or a rate of 14.3%.

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For answer choice C, we grow from 4 to 5 which

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is actually SHRINKAGE so we can just toss it – no growth.

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Answer D goes from 50 to 70 or a growth amount of 20 – 20 over 50 is 40 per cent which

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just smokes everything else.

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So the answer is D.

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As in… “Darn that Ranger Smith…”

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