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Chapter 10: Q. 17 (page 597)

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: A study is done to determine which of two soft drinks has more sugar. There are 13 cans of Beverage A in a sample and six cans of Beverage B. The mean amount of sugar in Beverage A is 36 grams with a standard deviation of 0.6 grams. The mean amount of sugar in Beverage B is 38 grams with a standard deviation of 0.8 grams. The researchers believe that Beverage B has more sugar than Beverage A, on average. Both populations have normal distributions.

What is the random variable?

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The random variable is the difference in sugar content between Beverage A and Beverage B, which is the average sugar content of the two soft drinks.

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Given information

A study is being conducted to see which of two soft drinks contains the most sugar. A sample contains 13 cans of Beverage A and six cans of Beverage B. Beverage A contains 36 grammes of sugar on average, with a standard variation of 0.6 grammes. Beverage B has 38 grammes of sugar on average, with a standard variation of 0.8 grammes. Beverage B, on average, has more sugar than Beverage A, according to the experts. The distributions of both populations are normal.

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What is the random variable.

The difference in sugar content between the two soft drinks, Beverage A and Beverage B, is the random variable.

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