A candy bar manufacturer sells a “fun size” version that is advertised to weigh 17 grams. A hungry teacher selected a random sample of 44 fun size bars and found a 95% confidence interval for the true mean weight to be 16.945 grams to 17.395 grams. Does the confidence interval provide convincing evidence that the true mean weight is 17 grams? Explain your answer.

The federal reserve controls certain interest rates in the united states. investors often try to speculate as to whether the federal reserve will raise or lower rates and by how much. suppose a company conducts extensive interviews with financial analysts, and as a result, predicts that "thefed" will increase rates by an average of 0.25 percentage points every six months for the forseeable future. which type of equation could be used to model the predicted interest rates over the next several years, assuming no other significant changes? a) a linear equation b) a quadratic equation c) a polynomial equation d) an exponential equation