Pete is conducting a survey to determine his customers’ overall satisfaction about the quality of his company’s products. He sends out surveys to the 5 customers who have purchased the largest number of items over the past year. Are his results likely to be representative of the population he is trying to analyze? Explain.

The sample is from the right population, his customers. However, because he is surveying such a small number of people and only asking his best customers (who are probably the most satisfied, or they would not buy so much from him), the results are going to be biased, most likely positive, and not representative of his entire customer base.

answer: c, the green line

step-by-step explanation:

there is no black line, eliminate b.

simple interest implies periodic payments, but the red line shows no payments, eliminate d.

simple interest has equal payments. if paid say every day, the graph is about a straight line (actually a stairstep).

the yellow line is not straight, eliminate a.

check: the green line is straight, answer is c.

simple interest with positive interest rate gives a straight line sloping up to the right. green line:

g(t) = $100 + ($200-$100) ÷ (20 years) × (t years)

= $100 + (4%/year) × ($100)(t years)

incidentally, the yellow line curving upward represents continuously compounded interest

y = $100 × 2^(t years / (14 assuming the yellow line hits $200 at 14 years. 2^0 is 1, so y(0) = $100; 2^(14/14) is 2, so y(14) = $200.

answer: 12   they all have at least 28 days

step-by-step explanation: haha