Arecent physical inventory at a department store reports a merchandise value of $875,435. the merchandise book value was $907,340. the merchandise sales were $1,988,345. what is the shrinkage as a percentage of sales? (shrinkage is the difference between the book value and the merchandise value from a physical inventory.)

Astudy was interested in determining if eating milk chocolate lowered someone's cholesterol levels.ten people's cholesterol was measured. then, each of these individuals were told to eat 100g of milk chocolate every day and to eat as they normally did. after two weeks, their cholesterol levels were measured again. is there evidence to support that their cholesterol levels went down? how should we write the alternative hypothesis? (mud = the population mean difference= before - after)a. ha: mud = 0b. ha: mud > 0c. ha: mud < 0d. ha: mud does not equal 0