Which of the following best explains the main purpose of short-term planning?
A. To provide savings that can be invested for a retirement fund.
B. To meet large-scale financial goals such as college or home-
ownership
O C. To eliminate flexible expenses in order to save for financial goals.
D. To meet fixed expenses and allow for discretionary spending.

Marcus needs to rewrite f(x) = x2 + 6x + 4 in vertex form.

Twelve different video games showing substance use were observed and the duration times of game play (in seconds) are listed below. the design of the study justifies the assumption that the sample can be treated as a simple random sample. use the data to construct a 99% confidence interval estimate of μ, the mean duration of game play. 4028 4316 4816 4650 4036 5010 4833 4331 4307

In this problem, we explore the effect on the standard deviation of multiplying each data value in a data set by the same constant. consider the data set 14, 6, 8, 15, 15. (a) use the defining formula, the computation formula, or a calculator to compute s. (round your answer to one decimal place.) s = 4.28 (b) multiply each data value by 3 to obtain the new data set 42, 18, 24, 45, 45. compute s. (round your answer to one decimal place.) s = 12.83 (c) compare the results of parts (a) and (b). in general, how does the standard deviation change if each data value is multiplied by a constant c? multiplying each data value by the same constant c results in the standard deviation remaining the same. multiplying each data value by the same constant c results in the standard deviation being |c| times as large. multiplying each data value by the same constant c results in the standard deviation increasing by c units. multiplying each data value by the same constant c results in the standard deviation being |c| times smaller. (d) you recorded the weekly distances you bicycled in miles and computed the standard deviation to be s = 3.8 miles. your friend wants to know the standard deviation in kilometers. do you need to redo all the calculations? yes no given 1 mile ≠1.6 kilometers, what is the standard deviation in kilometers? (enter your answer to two decimal places.)