A sample of 21 minivan electrical warranty repairs for “loose, not attached” wires (one of several electrical failure categories the dealership mechanic can select) showed a mean repair cost of $45.66 with a standard deviation of $27.79. (a) Construct a 95 percent confidence interval for the true mean repair cost. (b) How could the confidence interval be made narrower? (Data are from a project by MBA student Tim Polulak.)

Colin listed his assets and liabilities on a personal balance sheet. colin’s balance sheet (august 2013) assets liabilities cash $1,500 credit card $500 stocks $800 rent $800 car $5,000 car loan $1,200 coin collection $1,200 student loan $5,000 total total which statement is true about the total assets and the total liabilities? the total of the assets and the liabilities are the same. the total of the assets is greater than the total of the liabilities. the total of the assets is less than the total of the liabilities. the total of the assets cannot be compared to the total of the liabilities.

In trapezoid efgh, m∠hef=(4x2+16)∘ and m∠gfe=(5x2+12)∘. find the value of x so that efgh is isosceles.

The weights of players in a basketball league are distributed normally. the distance (d) of each player's weight (w) from the mean of 86 kilograms was computed as follows: d = |w - 86| if d is greater than 7 for approximately 5% of the players, what is the approximate standard deviation of the players' weights? a. 1.75 kilograms b. 3.5 kilograms c. 4.3 kilograms d. 7 kilograms