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Which questions would most a reader identify the author's purpose for writing? check all that apply. what type of text is this? what type of reviews did the book receive? how many copies of the book have been sold? what is the central idea? how does this text make one feel?

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

If the alternate hypothesis of an experiment is “the true mean height of the giraffes is more than 15 feet” what is the null hypothesis?