D. the question implies the fact the furnace is in bad shape. It would cause readers to infer it needs replaced. So he needs to replace the furnace. hope im right
Answer:
554 executives should be surveyed.
Step-by-step explanation:
We have that to find our
level, that is the subtraction of 1 by the confidence interval divided by 2. So:

Now, we have to find z in the Z-table as such z has a p-value of
.
That is z with a pvalue of
, so Z = 1.96.
Now, find the margin of error M as such

In which
is the standard deviation of the population and n is the size of the sample.
Standard deviation of 3 hours.
This means that 
The 95% level of confidence is to be used. How many executives should be surveyed?
n executives should be surveyed, and n is found with
. So






Rounding up:
554 executives should be surveyed.
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
it's kinda confusing b/c of the minus signs.. huh... but -5 is less than -2 sooo
start with
-2 1/2 - (-5 3/4 )
=5 3/4 - 2 1/2
=5 3/4 - 2 2/4
=23/4 - 10/4
=13/4
there you go... :)
if you want it back in proper fractions
3 1/4