Elementary Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321836960
ISBN 13: 978-0-32183-696-0

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Statistics - Review - Review Exercises - Page 36: 5

Answer

a. Impossible. b. 686. c. 28%.

Work Step by Step

a. Reducing fat by 100% means that all the fat is gone, so anything more than 100% is impossible. b. 58%=0.58, $0.58\cdot 1182=685.66\approx686$ c. $\frac{331}{1182}\cdot 100\approx28$%
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