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Astore is having a sale in which all items are reduced by 20 percent. including tax, jennifer paid $21 for a pair of shorts. if the sales tax is 5 percent, what was the original price of the shorts

What is the output, or dependent variable of quantity? 1: x 2: f(x) 3: y

Arandom sample of n = 25 observations is taken from a n(µ, σ ) population. a 95% confidence interval for µ was calculated to be (42.16, 57.84). the researcher feels that this interval is too wide. you want to reduce the interval to a width at most 12 units. a) for a confidence level of 95%, calculate the smallest sample size needed. b) for a sample size fixed at n = 25, calculate the largest confidence level 100(1 − α)% needed.