Given y = a(x - h)^2 + k, p = A. a B. 4a C. 1/4a
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Answer:
C. 1/(4a)
Step-by-step explanation:
We assume you're comparing the vertex form ...
y = a(x -h)^2 +k
to the form used to write the equation in terms of the focal distance p.
y = 1/(4p)(x -h)^2 +k
That comparison tells you ...
a = 1/(4p)
p = 1/(4a) . . . . . . multiply by p/a; matches choice C
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<em>Additional comment</em>
When using plain text to write a rational expression, parentheses are needed around any denominator that has is more than a single constant or variable. The order of operations requires 1/4a to be interpreted as (1/4)a. The value of p is 1/(4a).
When rational expressions are typeset, the fraction bar serves as a grouping symbol identifying the entire denominator:
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No, the marketing manager was not correct in his claim.
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given that in a survey of 1005 adult Americans, 46.6% indicated that they were somewhat interested or very interested in having web access in their cars.
Suppose that the marketing manager of a car manufacturer claims that the 46.6% is based only on a sample and that 46.6% is close to half, so there is no reason to believe that the proportion of all adult Americans who want car web access is less than 0.50.
<em>Let p = population proportion of all adult Americans who want car web access</em>
SO, Null Hypothesis, : p
50% {means that the proportion of all adult Americans who want car web access is more than or equal to 0.50}
Alternate Hypothesis, : p < 50% {means that the proportion of all adult Americans who want car web access is less than 0.50}
The test statistics that will be used here is<u> One-sample z proportion statistics</u>;
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where, = sample proportion of Americans who indicated that they were somewhat interested or very interested in having web access in their cars = 46.6%
n = sample of Americans = 1005
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Therefore, we conclude that the proportion of all adult Americans who want car web access is less than 0.50 which means the marketing manager was not correct in his claim.