A box contains 5 blue pens and 8 red pens. Two pens are drawn at random. One pen is drawn and not replaced. Then a second pen is drawn. What is the probability that the first pen is blue and the second one is red?

Is the following relation a function? x y 1 4 −1 −2 3 10 5 16 yes no

What is the approximate value of  x  in the equation below.–3.396–0.7080.3040.955

Unaware that 35% of the 10000 voters in his constituency support him, a politician decides to estimate his political strength. a sample of 200 voters shows that 40% support him. a. what is the population? b. what is the parameter of interest? state its value c. what is the statistics of the interest? state its value d. compare your answers in (b) and (c) is it surprising they are different? if the politician were to sample another 200 voters, which of the two numbers would most likely change? explain