A group of hikers plan to visit a scenic lookout. They will rest after they hike 2 miles, then they will hike the remaining 1 3/4 miles to the lookout. The trail they will use to return from the lookout is 1/2 miles shorter than the trail they will use to go to the lookout. Each hiker will bring 1/4 gallon of water for each mile to and from the lookout. Determine the total distance each hiker will hike

Aquality characteristic of new iphone x made at the amsterdam plant at apple computers has a manufacturing specification (in mm) of 0.200 +/- .07. historical data indicates that if the quality characteristic takes on values greater than 0.27 or smaller than 0.13 the component fails at a cost of20.19. based on these data: determine the taguchi loss function (must show work) calculate an estimated loss for a quality characteristic of .30 calculate an estimated loss for quality characteristic of .40.