Solution:
As always, try to find a way of looking at the problem that makes the solution simple. In this problem, regardless of the current state of the puzzle, a move consists of combining two clusters into a single cluster. Therefore every move reduces the number of clusters by 1. Since we begin with 2000 clusters (the single pieces) and end with 1 cluster, we need
\[2000-1=\boxed{1999}\]
moves to complete the puzzle.
Answer:
A frequency distribution lists the<u> number</u> of occurrences of each category of data, while a relative frequency distribution lists the <u>proportion</u> of occurrences of each category of data.
Explanation:
A "frequency distribution" is one of the ways in organizing a data, either by <em>listing the information, putting them in a table or showing them in a graph.</em> The items in the list (distinct values) are then counted when it comes to the number of times they've occurred.
Thus, this explains the first answer, "number."
On the other hand, a "relative frequency distribution" refers to the proportion of the overall number of observations in a particular category. <u>You can get this by dividing each frequency with the total number of data in a sample.</u>
Thus, this explains the second answer, "proportion."
If the first expression reads x(cube) • x(cube) • x(cube) and x(cube • cube <span>• cube), then the answer is no. They are not equal.
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x(cube) • x(cube) <span>• x(cube) will be equivalent to x(to the 9th power) while </span>x(cube • cube <span>• cube) will be equivalent to x( to the 27th power). </span><span>
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