Answer :
Answer:
[tex]\mu = 47.17[/tex]
[tex]\sigma = 2.31[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Solving (a): The population mean
This is calculated as:
[tex]\mu = \frac{\sum x}{n}[/tex]
So, we have:
[tex]\mu = \frac{48.2+ 47.8 +45.6 +47.2 +49.3+51.2 +44.2 +45.4 +49.2 +43.6}{10}[/tex]
[tex]\mu = \frac{471.7}{10}[/tex]
[tex]\mu = 47.17[/tex]
Solving (b): The population standard deviation
This is calculated as:
[tex]\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{\sum (x - \mu)^2}{n}}[/tex]
So, we have:
[tex]\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{(48.2-47.17)^2 + (47.8-47.17)^2 +.........+(43.6-47.17)^2}{10}}[/tex]
[tex]\sigma = \sqrt{\frac{53.521}{10}}[/tex]
[tex]\sigma = \sqrt{5.3521[/tex]
[tex]\sigma = 2.31[/tex]