4. We learned that the U. S. grants patents to pharmaceutical drug companies. Much of the general public think that's the reason why drug prices are so high. Congress is considering
legislation to address that. Consider the following two examples and explain its potential
impact on prices and the quality of health care.
a. Senator Connie suggests reducing the length of patents and allowing more generic drugs
to enter the marketplace sooner, so that it will drive prices lower.]
b. Senator Danielle wants to maintain patents so that drug companies will have an
incentive to conduct research and development of new drugs.

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Walter wants to deposit $1,500 into a certificate of deposit at the end of each ofthe next 6 years. the deposits will earn 5 percent compound annual interest. ifwalter follows through with his plan, approximately how much will be in his accountimmediately after the sixth deposit is made?

One question from a survey was "how many credit cards do you currently have? " the results of the survey are provided. complete parts (a) through (g) below. click the icon to view the survey results. (a) determine the mean number of credit cards based on the raw data. the mean is 3.113.11 credit cards. (type an integer or a decimal. do not round.) (b) determine the standard deviation number of credit cards based on the raw data. the standard deviation is 1.9111.911 credit cards. (round to three decimal places as needed.) (c) determine a probability distribution for the random variable, x, the number of credit cards issued to an individual. x (# of cards) p(x) x (# of cards) p(x) 1 0.280.28 6 nothing 2 nothing 7 nothing 3 nothing 8 nothing 4 nothing 9 nothing 5 nothing 10 nothing (type integers or decimals. do not round.)