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1. Question: A vacation resort rents SCUBA equipment to certified divers. The resort charges an up-front fee of $25 and another fee of $12.50 an hour. What is the dependent variable? 2. Question: Which of the following equations are linear? 3. Question: You are thinking about opening up a Starbucks in your area but what to know if it is a good investment. How much money do Starbucks actually make in a year? 4. Question: You move out into the country and you notice every Spring there are more ...

1. Question: A vacation resort rents SCUBA equipment to certified divers. The resort charges an up-front fee of $25 and another fee of $12.50 an hour. What is the dependent variable? 2. Question: Which of the following equations are linear? 3. Question: You are thinking about opening up a Starbucks in your area but what to know if it is a good investment. How much money do Starbucks actually make in a year? 4. Question: You move out into the country and you notice every Spring there are more ...

1. Question: A large department store is curious about what sections of the store make the most sales. The manager has data from ten years prior that show 30% of sales come from Clothing, 25% Home Appliances, 18% Housewares, 13% Cosmetics, 12% Jewelry, and 2% Other. In a random sample of 550 current sales, 188 came from Clothing, 153 Home Appliances, 83 Housewares, 54 Cosmetics, 61 Jewelry, and 11 Other. At α=0.10, can the manager conclude that the distribution of sales among the departments ha...

1. Question: Dry ice (carbon dioxide) changes from a solid to a gas at –78.5°C. What is this temperature in °F? 2. Question: The state of matter for an object that has both definite volume and definite shape is 3. Question: In 1828, the diameter of the U.S. dime was changed to approximately 18 mm. What is this diameter when expressed in nanometers? 4. Question: A piece of antimony with a mass of 17.41 g is submerged in 46.3 cm3 of water in a graduated cylinder. The water level increases t...

GEOG 101 Week 6 Quiz South Asia and East Asia | Questions and Answers (GRADED). India, Pakistan, and China are unlikely to risk a significant conflict over their competing claims in Kashmir because _______.  A. there's little of value there  B. the people of Kashmir are united in their desire for independence  C. the harsh conditions there  D. all three have nuclear weapons Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Unlike the United States and Western Europe, Japan has not ma...

1. Question: A manager wishes to see if the time (in minutes) it takes for their workers to complete a certain task is faster if they are wearing earbuds. A random sample of 20 workers' times were collected before and after wearing earbuds. Test the claim that the time to complete the task will be faster, i.e. meaning has production increased, at a significance level of α = 0.01 For the context of this problem, µD = µbefore−µafter where the first data set represents before earbuds and the...

1. Question: The least squares regression line for a data set is yˆ=5+0.3x and the standard deviation of the residuals is 0.4. Does a case with the values x = 3.3, y = 7.2 qualify as an outlier? 2. Question: The least squares regression line for a data set is yˆ=5+0.3x and the standard deviation of the residuals is 0.52. Does a case with the values x = -1.59, y = 5.78 qualify as an outlier? 3. Question: The following data represent the weight of a child riding a bike and the rolling distance...

1. Question: A company manager believes that a person's ability to be a leader is directly correlated to their zodiac sign. He never selects someone to chair a committee without first evaluating their zodiac sign. An irate employee sets out to prove her manager wrong. She claims that if zodiac sign truly makes a difference in leadership, then a random sample of 210 CEO's in our country would reveal a difference in zodiac sign distribution. She finds the following zodiac signs for her random sa...

1. Question: A company manager believes that a person's ability to be a leader is directly correlated to their zodiac sign. He never selects someone to chair a committee without first evaluating their zodiac sign. An irate employee sets out to prove her manager wrong. She claims that if zodiac sign truly makes a difference in leadership, then a random sample of 210 CEO's in our country would reveal a difference in zodiac sign distribution. She finds the following zodiac signs for her random sa...

1. Question: A manager wishes to see if the time (in minutes) it takes for their workers to complete a certain task is faster if they are wearing earbuds. A random sample of 20 workers' times were collected before and after wearing earbuds. Test the claim that the time to complete the task will be faster, i.e. meaning has production increased, at a significance level of α = 0.01 For the context of this problem, µD = µbefore−µafter where the first data set represents before earbuds and the...