Ms. nash, an executive with a television company, is trying to decide on the subject matter for a new television series for adults. she chooses to conduct a survey to her make an informed decision. which of the following sampling techniques should ms. nash use in order to obtain the most representative sample of the viewing audience?

ms. nash should ask a randomly–chosen, equal number of men and women shopping at a department store.

ms. nash should ask the first two hundred men she encounters on the busy street in front of her office.

ms. nash should ask five men and five women shopping at a local grocery store.

ms. nash should ask men and women from a variety of age ranges who are attending a science fiction movie festival.

Beatrice decides she wants to babysit a few children at the same time to earn the money faster. she tells parents that if they allow her to babysit their children at her house, she will eliminate her automatic $5 tip and will give them an additional $5 discount. (a) write an equation showing the total cost for each client. identify all variables. (b) four parents bring their children to beatrice’s house at the same time for babysitting. beatrice wants to find out how many hours she must babysit the 4 children to earn exactly the $100 she needs in order to buy the present for her mother. write and solve an equation to find the number of hours. justify each step in the solution. (c) one parent decides not to drop off her child. the remaining 3 parents drop their children off at 9 a.m. two of the parents say they will be back at 1 p.m. the third parent says she will pick up her child at 2 p.m. at noon, beatrice realizes she needs feeding the 3 ch

Ablock of wood is a cube whose side is x in. long. you cut off a 1-inch thick piece from the entire right side. then you cut off a 3-inch thick piece from the entire top of the remaining shape. the volume of the remaining block is 2,002 in3. what are the dimensions of the original block of wood?

You eat 8 strawberries and your friend eats 12 strawberries from a bowl. there are 20 strawberries left. which equation and solution give the original number of strawberries?