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3 years ago

Can someone explain this i got 2 but I am really confused help me pls

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2 answers:

Assoli18 [71]3 years ago

7 0

Answer:

its either b or d im not sure sorry

Step-by-step explanation:

andreyandreev [35.5K]3 years ago

7 0

Answer:

Answer: x is 2

Step-by-step explanation:

$0.3(12x - 16) = 0.4(12 - 3x)$

open the brackets [ distributive property ]

$3.6x - 4.8 = 4.8 - 1.2x$

collect like terms together:

$3.6x + 1.2x = 4.8 + 4.8$

factorise out x :

$x(3.6 + 1.2) = 4.8 + 4.8 \\ 4.8x = 9.6$

divide by 4.8 on all sides:

$\frac{4.8x}{4.8} = \frac{9.6}{4.8} \\ \\ x = 2$

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Step-by-step explanation:

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A confidence interval is "a range of values that’s likely to include a population value with a certain degree of confidence. It is often expressed a % whereby a population means lies between an upper and lower interval".

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Solution to the problem

The population proportion have the following distribution

$p \sim N(p,\sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1-\hat p)}{n}})$

The confidence interval would be given by this formula

$\hat p \pm z_{\alpha/2} \sqrt{\frac{\hat p(1-\hat p)}{n}}$

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