In the past, 49% of those taking a public accounting qualifying exam have passed the exam on their first try. Lately, with the availability of exam preparation books and tutoring sessions may have improved the likelihood of an individual's passing on his or her first try. In a sample of 281 recent applicants, 154 passed on their first attempt. Using the 0.10 level of significance, conduct the analysis to determine whether we can conclude that the proportions passing on their first try has increased. What is the test statistic value from the analysis?

Rai compares two cable plans from different companies. which equation gives the correct value of mm, the number of months for which plans a and b cost the same?

Which ordered pair (c,d) is a solution to the given system of linear equations- c+2d=13 -9c-4d=-15

Amachine that produces a special type of transistor (a component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. the production is considered a random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) what is the probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect? (b) what is the probability that the machine produces no defective transistors in a batch of 100? (c) on average, how many transistors would you expect to be produced before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (d) another machine that also produces transistors has a 5% defective rate where each transistor is produced independent of the others. on average how many transistors would you expect to be produced with this machine before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (e) based on your answers to parts (c) and (d), how does increasing the probability of an event a↵ect the mean and standard deviation of the wait time until success?