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bulimia nervosa.
insulin resistance.
malabsorption disorder.
overweight

You began membership in a new health and fitness club which has access to a dietician and personal trainer. they you develop a special eight-week diet and exercise program. the data in the following table represents your weight, w, as a function of time, t, over an eight-week period. time (weeks) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 weight (lb) 150 144 143 141 140 137 137 132 129 your weight decreases during each of the first five weeks of the program. determine the actual change in weight over the first five weeks of the program by subtracting your initial weight from your weight at the end of the first five weeks. what is the sign of your answer? what is the significance of this sign? a. 137-150 = -13 lb; a change in weight is negative because the weight decreases. b. 137-150 = 13 lb; a change in weight is positive because the weight decreases. c. 150-137 = -13 lb; a change in weight is negative because the weight increases. d. 150-137 = 13 lb; a change in weight is positive because the weight increases.

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Does the weight loss program have practical significance? a. no, the program is not practically significant because the results are likely to occur even if the weight loss program has no effect. b. yes, the program is practically significant because the results are too unlikely to occur by chance. c. yes, the program is practically significant because the amount of lost weight is large enough to be considered practically significant. d. no, the program is not practically significant because the amount of weight lost is trivial.