Determine which function has a greater initial value and explain how you know.
function 1: y = 2 x 1/3^x
function 2 : x y
0 3
1 6
2 12
3 24

The random variable x represents the number of phone calls an author receives in a day, and it has a poisson distribution with a mean of 8.7 calls. what are the possible values of x

Quick! a survey of 57 customers was taken at a bookstore regarding the types of books purchased. the survey found that 33 customers purchased mysteries, 25 purchased science fiction, 18 purchased romance novels, 12 purchased mysteries and science fiction, 9 purchased mysteries and romance novels, 6 purchased science fiction and romance novels, and 2 purchased all three types of books. a) how many of the customers surveyed purchased only mysteries? b) how many purchased mysteries and science fiction, but not romance novels? c) how many purchased mysteries or science fiction? d) how many purchased mysteries or science fiction, but not romance novels? e) how many purchased exactly two types of books?

The distribution of the amount of money spent by students for textbooks in a semester is approximately normal in shape with a mean of $235 and a standard deviation of $20. according to the standard deviation rule, how much did almost all (99.7%) of the students spend on textbooks in a semester?