Chapter 6.1, Problem 6.9E

(a)

To determine

To outline the design of an experiment to study the effect of rate structure and use the diagram.

Explanation of Solution

The outline is as follows;

(b)

To determine

To assign the first five rooms to the flat-group using table B.

Answer to Problem 6.9E

  $\text{The first 5 rooms are then: }119,033,199,192,148.$

Explanation of Solution

  $\begin{array}{l}\text{We assign a unique number between 1 and 200 to each room}\text{.}\\ \text{We will start at line 125 in Table B}\text{.}\\ \text{Select the first 2-digit number}\text{. If the number is between 001 and 200, then}\\ \text{the corresponding room is selected, else we ignore the number and select the next 2-digit}\\ \text{number}\text{. Repeat until 5 unique rooms are selected}\text{.}\\ \text{96746,12149,37823,71868,18442,35119,62103,39244}\\ 96927,19931,36809,74192,77567,88741,48409,41903\\ \text{The first 5 rooms are then: }119,033,199,192,148.\end{array}$