It has been found from experience that the mean breaking strength of a particular brand of thread is 9.72 oz with a standard deviation of 1.4 oz. Recently a sample of 36 pieces of thread showed a mean breaking strength of 8.93 oz. Can one conclude at a significance level of (a) 0.05, (b) 0.01 that the thread has become inferior?

Data from 2005 for various age groups show that for each $100 increase in the median weekly income for whites, the median weekly income of blacks increases by $105. also, for workers of ages 25 to 54 the median weekly income for whites was $676 and for blacks was $527. (a) let w represent the median weekly income for whites and b the median weekly income for blacks, and write the equation of the line that gives b as a linear function of w. b = (b) when the median weekly income for whites is $760, what does the equation in (a) predict for the median weekly income for blacks?