Math Problem Statement

Find the value x for which: (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. You may find it useful to reference the appropriate table: chi-square table or F table)

Find the value x for which: (Round your answers to 3 decimal places. You may find it useful to reference the appropriate table: chi-square table or F table)

Solution

The image you uploaded contains a table with four conditions where you need to find the values of xx corresponding to certain probabilities for a Chi-Square distribution with 20 degrees of freedom, χ202\chi^2_{20}.

Here's how we will solve each one:

Given information:

  • χ202\chi^2_{20} refers to a chi-square distribution with 20 degrees of freedom.

The values we need to find from the chi-square table are as follows:

  1. P(χ202x)=0.005P(\chi^2_{20} \geq x) = 0.005
  2. P(χ202x)=0.01P(\chi^2_{20} \geq x) = 0.01
  3. P(χ202x)=0.005P(\chi^2_{20} \leq x) = 0.005
  4. P(χ202x)=0.01P(\chi^2_{20} \leq x) = 0.01

Solution approach:

  1. For the first two (a and b), we will use the chi-square table to find the upper tail critical value corresponding to the given probability (since P(χ202x)P(\chi^2_{20} \geq x) is the tail probability).
  2. For the last two (c and d), we will look up the lower tail critical value for the given probabilities (since P(χ202x)P(\chi^2_{20} \leq x) is for the left tail).

I will calculate the values for you using these criteria.Here are the values of xx for the given probabilities, rounded to three decimal places:

  1. P(χ202x)=0.005P(\chi^2_{20} \geq x) = 0.005: x=39.997x = 39.997
  2. P(χ202x)=0.01P(\chi^2_{20} \geq x) = 0.01: x=37.566x = 37.566
  3. P(χ202x)=0.005P(\chi^2_{20} \leq x) = 0.005: x=7.434x = 7.434
  4. P(χ202x)=0.01P(\chi^2_{20} \leq x) = 0.01: x=8.260x = 8.260

These values come from the chi-square distribution with 20 degrees of freedom for the corresponding probabilities.

Do you have any questions or need further details?

Here are 5 related questions to explore further:

  1. How does the chi-square distribution change with degrees of freedom?
  2. What are some applications of the chi-square distribution?
  3. How would the values of xx change for different probabilities?
  4. Can the chi-square distribution be used for hypothesis testing? How?
  5. What is the relationship between the chi-square distribution and the normal distribution?

Tip: Always verify tail probabilities carefully when working with chi-square tables, as upper and lower tails are often switched in different problem contexts.

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Math Problem Analysis

Mathematical Concepts

Chi-Square Distribution
Probability

Formulas

Chi-Square distribution table lookup

Theorems

Chi-Square distribution properties

Suitable Grade Level

College/Advanced High School