According to the article "characterizing the severity and risk of drought in the poudre river, colorado" (j. of water res. planning and mgmnt., 2005: 383–393), the drought length is the number of consecutive time intervals in which the water supply remains below a critical value (a deficit), preceded by and followed by periods in which the supply exceeds this critical value (a surplus). the cited paper proposes a geometric distribution with for this random variable.

Samantha swam upstream for some distance in one hour. she then swam downstream the same river for the same distance in only 12 minutes. if the river flows at 4 mph, how fast can samantha swim in still water?

Leo is going to use a random number generator 4 0 0 400 times. each time he uses it, he will get a 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 1,2,3,4, or 5 5. what is the best prediction for the number of times that leo will get an odd number?

The table shows population statistics for the ages of best actor and best supporting actor winners at an awards ceremony. the distributions of the ages are approximately bell-shaped. compare the z-scores for the actors in the following situation. best actor best supporting actor muequals42.0 muequals49.0 sigmaequals7.3 sigmaequals15 in a particular year, the best actor was 59 years old and the best supporting actor was 45 years old. determine the z-scores for each. best actor: z equals best supporting actor: z equals (round to two decimal places as needed.) interpret the z-scores. the best actor was (more than 2 standard deviations above more than 1 standard deviation above less than 1 standard deviation above less than 2 standard deviations below) the mean, which (is not, is) unusual. the best supporting actor was (less than 1 standard deviation below more than 1 standard deviation above more than 2 standard deviations below more than 1 standard deviation below) the mean, which (is is not) unusual.