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Hello, i need compare km^2 and km. what's difference in this?

The ideal weight of a nickel is 0.176 ounce. to check that there are 40 nickels in a roll, a bank weighs the roll and allows for an error of 0.015 ounce in total weight

Do one of the following, as appropriate: (a) find the critical value z subscript alpha divided by 2 , (b) find the critical value t subscript alpha divided by 2 . 99%; nequals 17; sigma is unknown; population appears to be normally distributed.