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by akredd90
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:02 am
 
Forum: General Math Questions
Topic: GMAT Test Prep Question
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GMAT Test Prep Question

If the mean of a set of numbers is 13.5 and its standard deviation is 1.5 . What is the value which is 2 standard deviations away from the mean ?
by akredd90
Mon Mar 12, 2012 7:34 am
 
Forum: General Math Questions
Topic: GMAT Test Prep Question
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Re: GMAT Test Prep Question

arnabgangully Wrote:There can be multiple values for the answer because the relation between SD and Mean is quadratic in nature



Could u please elaborate the possible solutions n explanation . The options were given as
A) 10.5
B) 11.5
C) 14.5
D) 15
by akredd90
Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:55 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Math
Topic: standard deviation
Replies: 14
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standard deviation

The list shown consists of the times, in seconds,that it took each of 10 school children to run a distance of 400 meters. If the standard deviation of the running times is 22.4,rounded to the nearest tenth of a second,how many of the 10 running times are more than 1 standard deviation below the mean...
by akredd90
Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:03 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Math
Topic: rates of work
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rates of work

In a certain bathtub,both the cold-water and the hot-water fixtures leak . The cold-water leak alone would fill an empty bucket in "c" hours,and the hot-water leak alone would fill the same bucket in "h" hours,where c<h.If both the fixtures began to leak at the same time into ...
by akredd90
Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:06 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Math
Topic: Five pieces of wood have an average length(AM) of 124
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Five pieces of wood have an average length(AM) of 124

Five pieces of wood have an average (arithmetic mean) length of 124 centimeters and a median length of 140 centimeters.What is the maximum possible length ,in centimeters,of the shortest piece of wood ?

A) 90
B) 100
C) 110
D) 130
E) 140
by akredd90
Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:21 am
 
Forum: GMAT Official Practice Test Math
Topic: standard deviation
Replies: 14
Views: 5161
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Re: standard deviation

The list shown consists of the times, in seconds,that it took each of 10 school children to run a distance of 400 meters. If the standard deviation of the running times is 22.4,rounded to the nearest tenth of a second,how many of the 10 running times are more than 1 standard deviation below the mea...