Listed below is the average earnings ratio by sex for full-year, full-time workers from 1999 to 2008. (Source: Adapted from Statistics Canada-seeConnectfordatafile.)
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Year Women Men Earnings Ratio(%)
1999 $27000 $43000
62.6
2000 27500 44500
61.7
2001 27600 44400
62.1
2002 27900 44400
62.8
2003 27600 44800
62.9
2004 27900 44000
63.5
2005 28600 44700
64.0
2006 29000 44800
64.7
2007 29900 45500
65.7
2008 30200 46900
64.5
What were the modal earnings for women for the years 1999-2008?

20. sinclair company's single product has a selling price of $25 per unit. last year the company reported a profit of $20,000 and variable expenses totaling $180,000. the product has a 40% contribution margin ratio. because of competition, sinclair company will be forced in the current year to reduce its selling price by $2 per unit. how many units must be sold in the current year to earn the same profit as was earned last year? a. 15,000 units b. 12,000 units c. 16,500 units d. 12,960 units

Acompany is developing a new high­performance wax for cross country ski racing. in order to justify the price marketingwants, the wax needs to be very fast. specifically, the mean time to finish their standard test course should be less thanseconds for a former olympic champion. to test it, the champion will ski the course 8 times. the champion's times(selected at random) are 59.9 61.9 48.8 52.2 46.6 45.3 50.6 and 41.1 seconds to complete the test course. complete parts a and b below.a) should they market the wax? assume the assumptions and conditions for appropriate hypothesis testing are metfor the sample.assume=0.05. what are the null and alternative hypotheses? choose the correct answer below.b) suppose they decide not to market the wax after the test, but it turns out that the wax really does lower the champion'saverage time to less thanseconds. what kind of error have they made? explain the impact to the company of such anerror.

Consider derek's budget information: materials to be used totals $64,750; direct labor totals $198,400; factory overhead totals $394,800; work in process inventory january 1, $189,100; and work in progress inventory on december 31, $197,600. what is the budgeted cost of goods manufactured for the year? a. $1,044,650 b. $649,450 c. $657,950 d. $197,600