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ID | Cost of Airfares in the US (domestic) |
1 | 146 |
2 | 620 |
3 | 79 |
4 | 299 |
5 | 576 |
6 | 89 |
7 | 589 |
8 | 165 |
9 | 509 |
10 | 23 |
11 | 376 |
12 | 226 |
13 | 462 |
14 | 634 |
15 | 36 |
16 | 226 |
17 | 263 |
18 | 456 |
19 | 390 |
20 | 541 |
21 | 19 |
22 | 329 |
23 | 537 |
24 | 512 |
25 | 423 |
26 | 515 |
27 | 358 |
28 | 110 |
29 | 319 |
30 | 671 |
31 | 561 |
32 | 96 |
33 | 574 |
34 | 385 |
35 | 263 |
36 | 240 |
37 | 449 |
38 | 592 |
39 | 404 |
40 | 119 |
41 | 173 |
42 | 419 |
43 | 495 |
44 | 224 |
45 | 228 |
46 | 616 |
47 | 168 |
48 | 396 |
49 | 524 |
- What if the probability that a domestic airfare is between $300 and $400?
- What is the cost for the 3% highest domestic airfares?
- Use Excel
functions Dist and Norm.INV to check your answers in Question 2-5.
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