Gilbert is graduating from college in twelve months, but he will need a loan in the amount of $5,125 for his last two semesters. he may either receive an unsubsidized stafford loan with an interest rate of 6.8%, compounded monthly, or his parents may get a plus loan with an interest rate of 7.8%, compounded monthly. the stafford loan has a grace period of six months from the time of graduation. which loan will have a higher balance at the time of repayment and by how much?

a. the stafford loan has a higher balance by $134.35.

b. the stafford loan has a higher balance by $274.36.

c. the plus loan has a higher balance by $54.79.

d. the plus loan has a higher balance by $85.22.

(co 3) the soup produced by a company has a salt level that is normally distributed with a mean of 5.4 grams and a standard deviation of 0.3 grams. the company takes readings of every 10th bar off the production line. the reading points are 5.8, 5.9, 4.9, 6.5, 5.0, 4.9, 6.2, 5.1, 5.7, 6.1. is the process in control or out of control and why? it is out of control as two of these data points are more than 2 standard deviations from the mean it is in control as the data points more than 2 standard deviations from the mean are far apart it is out of control as one of these data points is more than 3 standard deviations from the mean it is in control as the values jump above and below the mean