#Formula for Normal Distribution# rnorm(n, mean, sd)
#Problem 1 formula# x <- rnorm(10, mean=51, sd=3)
#Probability of boys taller than 50 inches# ##Without Pnorm function## ##We will use the Mean function to calculate proportions. Since Mean turns True into a 1 and False into a 1, it can be used to calculate the sum of the Trues and or Falses. In this case, the Trues## print(x) x - 50 x > 50 mean(x > 50) ##Answer= (.7) There is a 70% chance/7 out of 10 chance that a boy will be over 50 inches##
#Problem 2 formulas# x <- rnorm(10, mean=51, sd=3) y <- rnorm(10, mean=53, sd=2.5)
#Probability of taller boys than girls# x > y mean(x > y) ##Answer= (.2) There will be a 20% chance that a boy will be taller than a girl##
#Formula for Normal Distribution#
#rnorm(n, mean, sd)#
#Problem 1 formula#
x <- rnorm(10, mean=51, sd=3)
#Probability of boys taller than 50 inches#
##Without Pnorm function##
##We will use the Mean function to calculate proportions. Since Mean turns True into a 1 and False into a 1, it can be used to calculate the sum of the Trues and or Falses. In this case, the Trues##
print(x)
## [1] 46.32924 51.81874 47.95265 51.65832 52.59332 56.06950 53.96745 54.53200
## [9] 47.24742 55.32606
x - 50
## [1] -3.670760 1.818737 -2.047347 1.658323 2.593325 6.069499 3.967454
## [8] 4.532003 -2.752576 5.326056
x > 50
## [1] FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE
mean(x > 50)
## [1] 0.7
##Answer= (.7) There is a 70% chance/7 out of 10 chance that a boy will be over 50 inches##
#Problem 2 formulas#
x <- rnorm(10, mean=51, sd=3)
y <- rnorm(10, mean=53, sd=2.5)
#Probability of taller boys than girls#
x > y
## [1] FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE FALSE FALSE TRUE
mean(x > y)
## [1] 0.4
##Answer= (.2) There will be a 20% chance that a boy will be taller than a girl##