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- I got the different answer as in the book, explain please if I am wrong.
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How many students total are in this class?
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What did you get for the number of students? This is a very simple problem that requires only that you keep a running total of the frequencies of the shoe sizes. BTW, I agree with the book's answer.Phisico said:
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It looks like you were adding the shoe sizes instead of the frequencies.Phisico said:
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Must have had Hervé Villechaize in the classberkeman said:Who in the world wears a size 2 shoe?
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Looks like the problem designer failed to take heed of the fact (among others he apparently disregarded) that the specification "third year maths class" should bias the distribution (of students over/across shoe sizes) to the right.berkeman said:Who in the world wears a size 2 shoe?
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Some assumptions happening here: who says they have the same size on each foot?
There are at least 14 students in the class.
There are at least 14 students in the class.
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HEY, *I'M* supposed to be the nitpicker in chief on this forumDaveC426913 said:Some assumptions happening here: who says they have the same size on each foot?
There are at least 14 students in the class.
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Perhaps they wear size 4, but have only one shoe.berkeman said:Who in the world wears a size 2 shoe?