Hams. A specialty foods company sells gourmethams by mail
Chapter 6, Problem 4(choose chapter or problem)
Hams. A specialty foods company sells gourmethams by mail order. The hams vary in size from 4.15 to7.45 pounds, with a mean weight of 6 pounds and stan-dard deviation of 0.65 pounds. The quartiles and medianweights are 5.6, 6.2, and 6.55 pounds.a) Find the range and the IQR of the weights.b) Do you think the distribution of the weights is sym-metric or skewed? If skewed, which way? Why? c) If these weights were expressed in ounces (1 pound =16 ounces) what would the mean, standard deviation,quartiles, median, IQR, and range be?d) When the company ships these hams, the box andpacking materials add 30 ounces. What are the mean,standard deviation, quartiles, median, IQR, and rangeof weights of boxes shipped (in ounces)?e) One customer made a special order of a 10-pound ham.Which of the summary statistics of part d might notchange if that data value were added to the distribution?
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