Acompany has an opportunity to bid on three contracts. determine which would be the best investment given the information in the table below.

contract
profit, (p)* of )*. to break , (p)* of loss
southeast
$45,000, 50%%$6,000, 20%
southwest
$60,000, 35%%$10,000, 25%
california
$112,000, 20%%$40,000, 40%
*(p)=probability

a) southeast
b) southwest
c) california
d) all contracts include a probability for loss

Jose predicted that he would sell 48 umbrellas. he actually sold 72 umbrellas. what are the values of a and b in the table below? round to the nearest tenth if necessary

Which of the following quartic functions has x = –1 and x = –2 as its only two real zeroes?

It appears that people who are mildly obese are less active than leaner people. one study looked at the average number of minutes per day that people spend standing or walking. among mildly obese people, the mean number of minutes of daily activity (standing or walking) is approximately normally distributed with mean 376 minutes and standard deviation 64 minutes. the mean number of minutes of daily activity for lean people is approximately normally distributed with mean 528 minutes and standard deviation 107 minutes. a researcher records the minutes of activity for an srs of 7 mildly obese people and an srs of 7 lean people. use z-scores rounded to two decimal places to answer the following: what is the probability (image for it appears that people who are mildly obese are less active than leaner people. one study looked at the averag0.0001) that the mean number of minutes of daily activity of the 6 mildly obese people exceeds 420 minutes? what is the probability (image for it appears that people who are mildly obese are less active than leaner people. one study looked at the averag0.0001) that the mean number of minutes of daily activity of the 6 lean people exceeds 420 minutes?