Veronica, a senior salesperson, has an appointment with a prospect. She tries to convince the prospect's subordinate with an eloquent narration about the implication of meeting with the prospect. She tells the subordinate that the meeting would greatly benefit the prospect. The strategy used by Veronica to meet her prospect is known as:a. going through the screen. b. going over the screen. c. lubrication. d. going under the screen. e. lowballing.

Which is cheaper: eating out or dining in? the mean cost of a flank steak, broccoli, and rice bought at the grocery store is $13.04 (money.msn website, november 7, 2012). a sample of 100 neighborhood restaurants showed a mean price of $12.75 and a standard deviation of $2 for a comparable restaurant meal. a. develop appropriate hypotheses for a test to determine whether the sample data support the conclusion that the mean cost of a restaurant meal is less than fixing a comparable meal at home. b. using the sample from the 100 restaurants, what is the p-value? c. at a = .05, what is your conclusion? d. repeat the preceding hypothesis test using the critical value approach