To approach a runway, a plane must begin a 7° descent starting from a height of 3 miles above the ground. to the nearest mile, how many miles from the runway is the airplane to start the approach?

An assembly consists of two mechanical components. suppose that the probabilities that the first and second components meet specifications are 0.87 and 0.84. assume that the components are independent. determine the probability mass function of the number of components in the assembly that meet specifications. x

Astudent survey asked: "how tall are you (in inches)? " here's the data: 67, 72, 73, 60, 65, 86, 72, 69, 74 give the five number summary. a. median: 73, mean: 70.89, iqr: 5, min: 60, max: 74 b. 60, 66, 72, 73.5, 86 c. 60, 67, 72, 73, 74 d. 0, 60, 70, 89, 74, 100

Saline iv fluid bags cost $64.20 for 24, 1000 ml bags from one supplier. a new supplier sells 500 ml bags for $2 each. the hospital uses about 10,000, 1000 ml bags each month. nurses report that about half of the bags are more than half full when they are discarded. if you are going to use only one supplier, which size bag provides the best deal, and how much will you save each month? compare the cost of the new supplier to the current one.