A rectangular block of wood measures 5 inches wide. Over time, the width of the block of wood will shrink by 5%. A builder lets the block of wood shrink. He wants to use it to fill a gap that measures 3.5 inches wide.
How much does the builder need to cut off the wood block so that it will fit exactly in the gap? Enter the answer in the box.
The builder needs to cut
inches off the block of wood.

Suppose that 3% of all athletes are using the endurance-enhancing hormone epo (you should be able to simply compute the percentage of all athletes that are not using epo). for our purposes, a “positive” test result is one that indicates presence of epo in an athlete’s bloodstream. the probability of a positive result, given the presence of epo is .99. the probability of a negative result, when epo is not present, is .90. what is the probability that a randomly selected athlete tests positive for epo? 0.0297