An incomplete block design consisted of five blocks (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5) and five treatments (T1, T2, T3, T4, T5). The treatments were randomly assigned to the blocks in the following manner.
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Blocks
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Treatments
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B1
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T5
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T1
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T4
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T3
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B2
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T2
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T5
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T4
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T3
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B3
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T2
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T1
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T4
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T3
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B4
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T2
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T5
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T1
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T4
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B5
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T2
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T5
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T1
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T3
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a. What are the values of the design parameters, t, k, b, r?
b. What is the value of l for this design?
c. Is the incomplete block design balanced? Justify your answer.