Of the 756 students in jacob's middle school, 44% participate in sports, 29% play in the band, and 37% take the bus to school. how many students in jacob's middle school play in the band? eplain your reasoning.

Bob is putting books on a shelf and takes a break after filling 18 1/2 inches on the book shelf. the book shelf is now 2/3 full. how long is the entire bookshelf?

Michelle is planting flowers in her garden. she wants the ratio of daises to carnations to be 3 to 2. michelle wants to plant a total of 35 flowers. how many daises should she plant?

Astudy was interested in determining if eating milk chocolate lowered someone's cholesterol levels. ten people's cholesterol was measured. then, each of these individuals were told to eat 100g of milk chocolate every day and to eat as they normally did. after two weeks, their cholesterol levels were measured again. is there evidence to support that their cholesterol levels went down? how should we write the alternative hypothesis? (mud = the population mean difference= before - after)a. ha: mud = 0b. ha: mud > 0c. ha: mud < 0d. ha: mud does not equal 0