George and samantha both applied for a personal loan at westside bank. george has a credit score of 650. samantha has a credit score of 520. the bank approved george’s loan application at 5.6% interest. samantha was approved for the same loan amount, but, because of her lower credit rating, the interest charged on samantha’s loan is 3 percentage points higher than the interest rate on george’s loan. what interest rate does samantha pay to the bank?

a. 8.6%

b. 5.9%

c. 3.0%

d. 2.6%

Ascientist studied a population of workers to determine whether verbal praise and/or tangible rewards affect employee productivity. in the study, some workers were offered verbal praise, some were offered tangible rewards (gift cards, presents, and some were offered neither. the productivity of each participant was measured throughout the study by recording the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. which inference might the scientists make based on the given information? a.) the number of daily tasks completed by each employee may influence the dependent variable, which is whether the employee receives verbal praise, tangible rewards, or neither. b.) verbal praise and/or tangible rewards may influence the independent variable, which is the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. c.) verbal praise and/or tangible rewards may influence the dependent variable, which is the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. d.) the dependent variables, which are verbal praise and tangible rewards, may influence the number of daily tasks completed by each employee.