An item is priced at $14.92. If the sales tax is 7%, what does the item cost including sales tax?

Candice spent 5 1/4 hours doing her homework. Her brother, Ronald, spent 1/2 that number of hours doing his homework. How many h

Elden [556K]

Let

x-----> the number of hours that Candice spent doing her homework

y-----> the number of hours that Ronald spent doing his homework

we know that

$x=5\frac{1}{4}\ hours$

convert mixed number to an improper fraction

$5\frac{1}{4}\ hours=\frac{5*4+1}{4}= \frac{21}{4}\ hours$

so

$x=\frac{21}{4}\ hours$ -------> equation A

$y=\frac{1}{2}x$ ------> equation B

Substitute equation A in equation B

$y=\frac{1}{2}*\frac{21}{4}=\frac{21}{8}\ hours$

convert an improper fraction to a mixed number

$\frac{21}{8}\ hours=2.625=2+0.625=2+\frac{5}{8}=2\frac{5}{8}\ hours$

therefore

<u>the answer is the option B</u>

$2\frac{5}{8}\ hours$

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I bought my flat last year for £40,000. The value of my flat increased by 12% in September and then by a further 10%in January t

Leya [2.2K]

The answer is: <span>40,000(1.12)(1.10)

Or 4 more understanding: 12% of £40000
</span>1%= 400, therefore, 12%= 4800.
In January, the value was £44800.
10% of this is £448.
Add £448 to £44800, giving you £45, 248

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Factor completely. n^2 + 7n - 44

4vir4ik [10]

(n+11)(n-4) is your answer

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The 1985 Mexico City earthquake measured a magnitude 8.0 on the Richter scale. The Richter scale uses the function M (I) = log (

Travka [436]

Answer:

The correct option is C: I = 10⁸I₀.

Step-by-step explanation:

The function of the Richter scale is:

$M_{(I)} = log(\frac{I}{I_{0}})$

Since the magnitude of the earthquake is 8.0, the relation between the intensity, I, with the intensity of the threshold quake, Io, is:

$8.0 = log(\frac{I}{I_{0}})$

$10^{8} = \frac{I}{I_{0}}$

$I = 10^{8}I_{0}$

Therefore, the correct option is C: I = 10⁸I₀.

I hope it helps you!

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Gibbs Baby Food Company wishes to compare the weight gain of infants using its brand versus its competitor’s. A sample of 40 bab

Leviafan [203]

Answer:

$z=\frac{(7.6-8.1)-0}{\sqrt{\frac{2.3^2}{40}+\frac{2.9^2}{55}}}}=-0.936$

The p value can be founded with this formula:

$p_v =P(z$

Since the p value is higher than the significance level provided of 0.05 we have enough evidence to FAIL to reject the null hypothesis and we can't conclude that the true mean for the Gibbs brand is significantly lower than the true mean for the competitor

Step-by-step explanation:

Information given

$\bar X_{1}=7.6$ represent the mean for Gibbs products

$\bar X_{2}=8.1$ represent the mean for the competitor

$\sigma_{1}=2.3$ represent the population standard deviation for Gibbs

$\sigma_{2}=2.9$ represent the sample standard deviation for the competitor

$n_{1}=40$ sample size for the group Gibbs

$n_{2}=55$ sample size for the group competitor

$\alpha=0.05$ Significance level provided

z would represent the statistic

Hypothesis to verify

We want to check if babies using the Gibbs brand gained less weight, the system of hypothesis would be:

Null hypothesis: $\mu_{1}-\mu_{2}=0$

Alternative hypothesis: $\mu_{1} - \mu_{2}< 0$

The statistic would be given by:

$z=\frac{(\bar X_{1}-\bar X_{2})-\Delta}{\sqrt{\frac{\sigma^2_{1}}{n_{1}}+\frac{\sigma^2_{2}}{n_{2}}}}$ (1)

Replacing the info given we got:

$z=\frac{(7.6-8.1)-0}{\sqrt{\frac{2.3^2}{40}+\frac{2.9^2}{55}}}}=-0.936$

The p value can be founded with this formula:

$p_v =P(z$

Since the p value is higher than the significance level provided of 0.05 we have enough evidence to FAIL to reject the null hypothesis and we can't conclude that the true mean for the Gibbs brand is significantly lower than the true mean for the competitor

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