On the basis of past history, a car manufacturer knows that 10% (p = .10) of all newly made cars have an initial defect. In a random sample of n = 100 recently made cars, 13%

$$(\hat{p} = .13)$$

have defects. Find the value of the standardized statistic (z-score) for this sample proportion.

How would you compare the experience of reading the graphic aids with the experience of reading "Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall"? Which source did you find more informative? Explain your answer.

Identify the sample as biased or unbiased. Explain your reasoning. Every fifth person leaving the art museum is asked to name their favorite piece.

Which representation of molecular art better shows a solution of NaF dissolved in water? Explain your choice. Will this solution conduct an electric current?

On the Earth-history clock shown above, 1 h equals 383 million years, and 1 min equals 6.4 million years. In million of years, how much more time is represented by the Proterozoic Eon than by the Phanerozoic Eon? Show your work below.

A 0.095-kg aluminium sphere is dropped from the roof of a 45-m-high building. If 65 % of the thermal energy produced when it hits the ground is absorbed by the sphere, what is its temperature increase?

A building had 54 rectangular plate glass windows that were all 4 ft by 8 ft by $\frac 1 4$ in. What is the total surface area of the glass including edges?

Suppose each of the following statement is true. What can you conclude? Explain your answer. If it is Tuesday, the I have art class. It is Tuesday. Each school day, I have either an art class or study hall. If it is Friday, then I have gym class. Today, I have either music class or study hall.

Estimate how far you can throw a ball if you throw it

$(c)$ horizontally from the top of a building $12 \mathrm{~m}$ high. Ignore any effects due to air resistance.

An art student uses dilations in all her art She first plans the art piece on a coordinate grid. Determine the vertices of the image of the triangle with vertices A(1 , 1 ), 8(2 , 4 ), and C(3, 9) after a dilation with scale factor 1.5.F A' (1.5, 1.5), 8' (3, 5), C' (4.5, 13.5),G A' (2.5, 2.5), 8'(5, 10), C'(7.5, 22.5),H A' (1.5, 1.5), 8' (4, 8), C'(6, 18),J A' (1.5, 1.5), 8'(3, 6), C'(4.5, 13.5).

The height of the mercury in a barometer is directly proportional to the pressure on the mercury’s surface. At sea level, pressure averages 1.0 atm and the level of mercury in the barometer is 760 mm (30. in.). In a hurricane, the barometric reading may fall to as low as 28 in.

_________a. Convert a pressure reading of 28 in. to atmospheres.

_________b. What is the barometer reading, in mm Hg, at a pressure of 0.50 atm?

Case history 2. A worker involved in demolishing an older downtown building is the victim of a severe lung infection.Without any lab data, what two fungal infections do you suspect?

What is your reaction to the narrator's ideas about America in "America and I"? Think about · how she hopes immigrants will be treated in the future · her "revelation" that America is still being made · her understanding of American history · what she expects America to provide for her

Fill each blank with the most appropriate word.

Some museums and art collectors have gone to ______ expense to acquire famous paintings.