3.775 4.500 Median 20 0 3.600 0.169 0.754 2.000 3.000 3.500 4.000 5.000 Short Answer Writing Assignment All answers should be complete sentences. 1. When rolling a die‚ is this an example of a discrete or continuous random variable? Explain your reasoning. Rolling a die is a discrete random variable. The random variable can take values like X = 1‚2‚3‚4‚5‚6 which will always be number and can never be 1.0001 or 1.99 etc. | 2. Calculate the mean and
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The continuous promotion of prison reform is supported by various factors such as socioeconomic and financial issues‚ concerns of public health‚ human rights controversy‚ etc. The cost of imprisonment is substantial when factoring in the dynamics of funds spent on each prisoner. Arguments in relation to civil rights claim imprisonment is a deprivation of the basic right to liberty. Efforts of prison reform attempts to ensure the prisoner’s rights are being protected‚ while increasing the outlook
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Prose Analysis “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner The two female cousins came at once. They held the funeral on the second day‚ with the town coming to look at Miss Emily beneath a mass of bought flowers‚ with the crayon face of her father musing profoundly above the bier and the ladies sibilant and macabre; and the very old men --some in their brushed Confederate uniforms--on the porch and the lawn‚ talking of Miss Emily as if she had been a contemporary of theirs‚ believing that they had
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English language Continuous Writing Instruction: You are required to answer one question from this section. Your answer should be about 450 words long. All questions carry equal mark. 1. You have spent about six weeks in your school. Write a letter to your father telling him about your experience so far. 2. Write an article for publication in your school magazines on the danger of keeping bad company in school. 3. Activities such as debates‚ drama and excursions are now rare in schools in
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Mr. Hittson I totally apologize for Coltens actions. He is definately being raised better than that. I have had a long talk with him over this issue. I noticed this morning Colten seemed upset about something when he got dropped off. When he got into the school I texted him and told him to not let anything deter him in school if he is upset. He has been having girlfriend issues that I have been trying to guide him through and I think that is what has been wrong with him. He’s usually not like
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The character Montresor in “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe is a character for a close psychoanalytic approach and study. This short story is teeming with the need to be analyzed from a psychoanalytic viewpoint. The very first line when Montresor states‚ “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult‚ I vowed revenge.” (Poe 160)‚ clearly indicates that the protagonist of the story will not be a stable character. When the character says
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“The Cask of Amontillado” is a story of revenge‚ but the author never told exactly what Fortunato did. Montresor presents us with only a vague understanding of his motivations‚ and his pretense of good will and careful manipulation of Fortunato indicates the care with which he has planned Fortunato’s death. Both of the men want the same thing. Edgar Poe has a strong way of reproducing great literary elements in the story; the theme of revenge is explained with the use of irony. One irony used in
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Montresor’s Revenge Throughout history man has struggled with revenge and pride. In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. Montresor has been insulted my Fortunato. Montresor tricks Fortunato into following him into the catacombs. Once they are down there montresor chains Fortunato to a wall of granite and buries him alive. Montresor accomplishes murder because he is a good planner‚ heartless‚ and a good talker. Due to the fact that Montresor is a good planner he is able to make all the
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Edgar Allan Poe Although Edgar Allan Poe endured many hardships and suffered many losses throughout his life‚ he resorted to his passion of poetry to help him cope with the loss. He lost his mother to tuberculosis and his father abandoned him and his siblings when he was just a young boy. Poe was too young to be influenced by the death of his mother at the time it occurred‚ but later reflections in adulthood led him to grieve for how much better his home life would have been if he had never had
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Edgar Allan Poe‚ was born on January 19‚ 1809‚ in Boston. He was a very talented writer‚ but wrote about sad and gruesome things‚ usually connecting to his personal life in many ways. Some things that connected with his personal life‚ and his writings‚ was the fact that there was so many women who died in his life‚ he was very poor‚ and didn’t have a job for most of his life‚ and he had a case with alcoholism. He died on Sunday‚ October 7‚ 1849. The first thing that Poe’s life affected his writing
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