Answer: 0.1
Step-by-step explanation:
Given : A Houston department store sampled 80 items sold in January and found that 8 of the items were returned.
In other words, sample size : <em>n</em>=1040
Number of items returned : <em>x</em>= 8
Let <em>p</em> be the proportion of items returned for the population of sales transactions at the Houston store.
As per sample , the sample proportion of items returned for the population of sales transactions at the Houston store is :

As we know that , <em>the sample proportion is the best estimate of the population proportion.</em>
Therefore,a point estimate of the proportion of items returned for the population of sales transactions at the Houston store is 0.1.
True, because the dilation factor is less than one. This will result in the shape reducing.
What are you trying to do, find the area or perimeter, or what :)<span />
The base will have the greatest area for a given perimeter if it is square. If the edge of the square base has length x (in feet), then the total material requirement in square feet is
.. m = x^2 +(4/x^2)*(4x)
.. m = x^2 +16/x
This will have a minimum where dm/dx = 0.
.. dm/dx = 2x -16/x^2 = 0
.. x^3 = 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . multiply by x^2/2 and add 8
.. x = 2
The tank is 2 feet square and 1 ft high.
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You will note that it is half the height of a cube that has double the volume. This is the generic solution to all minimum cost open-top box problems. Actually, the costs of pairs of opposite sides are equal to each other and to the cost of the base. If material costs are not identical in all directions, that is the more generic solution.