In a recent year, 125.8 million adults, or 58.6% of the adult American population, were married. In a New England town, a simple random sample of 1,445 adults includes 56.1% who are married. Test the claim that this sample comes from a population with a married percentage of less than 58.6%. Use a 0.05 significance level and conduct a full hypothesis test using the six-step process.

Why does the united states government provide tax breaks related to the amount of money companies spend on research and development? a. to provide incentives for companies to conduct research and development to allow antitrust authorities b. to challenge joint research efforts c. to protect the right of inventors d. to produce and sell their inventions e. to involve less government scrutiny than a government funded project

As manager of kids skids, meghan wants to develop her relationship management skills. in order to do this, she learns how to

Amanda rice has just arranged to purchase a $640,000 vacation home in the bahamas with a 20 percent down payment. the mortgage has a 7 percent apr compounded monthly and calls for equal monthly payments over the next 30 years. her first payment will be due one month from now. however, the mortgage has an eight-year balloon payment, meaning that the balance of the loan must be paid off at the end of year 8. there were no other transaction costs or finance charges. how much will amanda’s balloon payment be in eight years