As the United States has struggled with the growing obesity of its citizens, diets have become big business. Among the many competing regimens for those seeking weight reduction are the Atkins and Zone diets. In a comparison of these two diets for one-year weight loss, a study (64) found that seventy-seven subjects on the Atkins diet had an average weight loss of x = −4.7 kg and a sample standard deviation of sX = 7.05 kg. Similar figures for the seventy-nine people on the Zone diet were y = −1.6 kg and sY = 5.36 kg.

Is the greater reduction with the Atkins diet statistically significant? Test for α = 0.05.

Jayne is studying urban planning and finds that her town is decreasing in population by 3% each year. the population of her town is changing by a constant rate.true or false?

Acaterer knows he will need 60, 50, 80, 40 and 50 dinner napkins on five successive evenings. he can purchase new napkins initially at 25 cents each, after which he can have dirty napkins laundered by a fast one-day laundry service (i.e., dirty napkins given at the end of the day will be ready for use the following day) at 15 cents each, or by a slow two-day service at 8 cents each or both. the caterer wants to know how many napkins he should purchase initially and how many dirty napkins should be laundered by fast and slow service on each of the days in order to minimize his total costs. formulate the caterer’s problem as a linear program as follows (you must state any assumptions you make): a. define all variables clearly. how many are there? b. write out the constraints that must be satisfied, briefly explaining each. (do not simplify.) write out the objective function to be minimized. (do not simplify.)

Does the construction demonstrate how to copy an angle correctly using technology a) yes the distance between points a and f was used to create circle h b) yes the distance between points f and g was used to create circle h c) no the distance between points a and f was used to create circle h d) no the distance between points f and g was used to create circle h