State Farm Insurance studies show that in Colorado, 55% of the auto insurance claims submitted for property damage were submitted by males under 25 years of age. Suppose 10 property damage claims involving automobiles are selected art random. (a) Let r be the number of claims that are made by males under age 25. Make a histogram for the r-distribution probabilities.

Consciousness has been defined and studied differently throughout the history of psychology. In your own words, explain how modern psychologists define consciousness, and explain how the following means of "altering" one's state of consciousness relate to your definition. • Hypnosis • Sleep stages • Dreams • Psychoactive drugs

Which of the following correctly lists the four main chapters of Earth's history, from oldest to youngest?

A. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian

B. Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian

C. Paleozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

D. Precambrian, Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic

E. Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

Linda is taking a five-course load her first semester: English, math, French, psychology, and history. In how many different ways can she earn three A’s and two B’s? Enumerate the entire set of possibilities. Use Theorem 2.6.2 to verify your answer.

Choose the correct one of the two verb forms in parentheses in each of the following sentences.

EXAMPLE: Bantu languages, which are (spoke, spoken) by many Africans, have an interesting history. spoken

By varying tone, pitch, and modulation, a skillful drummer (striven, strove) to re-create the sounds of his language.

Gerardo is going to paint the interior walls of the lobby of the local history museum. The groom is 40 ft by 60 ft. Its height is 16 ft. In order to purchase the right amount of paint, Gerardo must calculate the lateral surface area of the room. What is the lateral surface area?

A life insurance policy is a financial asset, with the premiums paid representing the investment’s cost. a. How would you calculate the expected return on a 1-year life insurance policy? b. Suppose the owner of a life insurance policy has no other financial assets—the person’s only other asset is “human capital,” or earnings capacity.What is the correlation coefficient between the return on the insurance policy and the return on the human capital? c. Life insurance companies must pay administrative costs and sales representatives’ commissions; hence, the expected rate of return on insurance premiums is generally low or even negative. Use portfolio concepts to explain why people buy life insurance in spite of low expected returns.

Change each sentence below so that the verbs are in the future tense. Try to use at least two other ways of expressing future time in addition to shall and will.
An instructor from Japan, Mr. Ikeda, offered a fascinating four-week course in the history and cultivation of bonsai, a potted miniature tree.

Most of the following sentences contain incorrect past or past participle forms of irregular verbs. If a verb form is incorrect, give the correct form. If a sentence is already correct, write $C$.

EXAMPLE: In the fourteenth century a plague known as Black Death spreaded throughout Europe and* Asia*. spread

News of the new state-of-the-art computers spreaded quickly through the high school.

The fastest horse in Kentucky Derby history was Secretariat in 1973. The given figure shows speed (in miles per hour) of the winning horses each year.

a. Write a few sentences describing the association between Year and Speed.

b. Explain why we shouldn't find the correlation between Year and Speed.

In a board game, you randomly select one number card and one category card. The possible numbers are 1, 2, and 3. The possible categories are Science, History, Sports, Language, and Math. Assume that each outcome is equally likely. Make a tree diagram to show the sample space.

A manufacturer’s annual losses follow a distribution with density function

$$f(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} {\frac{2.5(0.6)^{2.5}}{x^{3.5}}} & {\text { for } x>0.6} \\ {0} & {\text { otherwise }} \end{array}\right.$$

. To cover its losses, the manufacturer purchases an insurance policy with an annual deductible of 2. What is the mean of the manufacturer’s annual losses not paid by the insurance policy? Choose one of the following. (Hint: The loss not paid by the insurance policy will equal the actual loss if the actual loss is less than the deductible. Otherwise it will equal the deductible.) a. 0.84. b. 0.88. c. 0.93. d. 0.95. e. 1.00

In three hours, James read 18 pages of his history book. In four hours, he read 21 pages. Write the equation of the line that passes through the two points that represent the data in the problem. Use the equation to predict how many pages James will read in six hours.

Drainee purchases direct materials each month. Its payment history shows that 65% is paid in the month of purchase with the remaining balance paid the month after purchase. Prepare a cash payment schedule for January using this data: in December through February, it purchased $22,000,$25,000, and $23,000 respectively.