An increase in walking has been shown to contribute to a healthier life-style. A sedentary American takes an average of 5000 steps per day (and 65% of Americans are overweight). A group of health-conscious employees of a large health care system volunteered to wear pedometers for a month to record their steps. It was found that a random sample of 40 walkers took an average of 5430 steps per day, and the population standard deviation is 600 steps. At can it be concluded that they walked more than the mean number of 5000 steps per day?

An 80-year-old woman comes to the urgent care clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. on physical examination, her blood pressure is 100/70, and her pulse is 75. she has no pulsus paradoxus. her jugular veins are distended, and she has distant heart sounds. in addition, she has extra third and fourth heart sounds. her liver is enlarged, and she has pedal oedema. she has occasional premature ventricular contractions on her electrocardiogram. a chest x-ray reveals clear lung fields with a dilated cardiac silhouette. her echocardiogram reveals ventricular walls with a "speckled pattern". which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? - alcoholic cardiomyopathy- amyloidosis- haemochromatosis- tuberculosis- viral myocarditis