The rathburn manufacturing company makes electric wiring, which it sells to contractors in the construction industry. approximately 900 electric contractors purchase wire from rathburn annually. rathburn's director of marketing wants to determine electric contractors' satisfaction with rathburn's wire. he developed a questionnaire that yields a satisfaction score between 10 and 50 for participant responses. a random sample of 35 of the 900 contractors is asked to complete a satisfaction survey. the satisfaction scores for the 35 participants are averaged to produce a mean satisfaction score

Which statement below best describes george waring's approach to solving the problems of water-borne illness? a. waring is going with his "gut," because he believes that instincts and emotions are the best guides for action. b. waring efficiently and thoroughly lays out the case for why the problems are too large and overwhelming to be solved: people should just move out of cities back to their farms. c. waring has gathered the testimonies of people who live in densely populated areas in order to learn how they themselves have solved their problems. d. waring exhibits the industrial age's increased respect for and reliance on science and the scientific method.

Lusk corporation produces and sells 14,300 units of product x each month. the selling price of product x is $25 per unit, and variable expenses are $19 per unit. a study has been made concerning whether product x should be discontinued. the study shows that $72,000 of the $102,000 in monthly fixed expenses charged to product x would not be avoidable even if the product was discontinued. if product x is discontinued, the annual financial advantage (disadvantage) for the company of eliminating this product should be:

Increases in output and increases in the inflation rate have been linked to