FACULTY OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

ASSIGNMENT 1

COURSE : PROBLEM SOLVING & ANALYSIS

COURSE CODE : BET2483

LECTURER : DR. MD NURUL ISLAM

DUE DATE : 3 OCT 2017

SESSION/SEMESTER : SESSION 2017/2018 SEMESTER I

PROGRAM CODE : BTC

Question 1

A company produces methane gas from an anaerobic digestion plant as follows (Matric id +
Methane) ie if the last two digits your id is 10, then you will have to add 10 with all the
methane values.
Time (days) Methane (m3) Methane (m3) Methane (m3)
1 2 3 4
2 4 5 6
3 6 5 7
4 8 5 7
5 10 9 11
6 12 11 13
7 14 15 13
8 16 17 15
9 18 20 17
10 20 22 23

(a) Determine the average methane production per day.

(b) Determine the standard deviation for each day of methane production
(c) Draw a graph of time vs methane production (with the average values of methane
production) using Microsoft excel
(d) Determine the Regression analysis value, R2 from the graph.
(e) Describe the trend of the graph.

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