Read the story below.
Determine whether or not the story is accurate. Be sure to show your work. If the story is not accurate make appropriate
mathematical changes to be able to present an accurate story. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is considering
changing the size of the basket as the scores of the games are increasing drastically. The NBA thinks that the size of the
basket is too large Currently the area of an NBA rim is 817 in?. Changing the radius to 9 inches will decrease the area of
the rim resulting in making the game more challenging. What's your take on this? Is the NBA making the right choice?

Suppose your school costs for this term were $4900 and financial aid covered 3/4 of that amount. how much did financial aid cover? and how much do you still have to pay?

Martha has a deck of cards. she has lost some of the cards, and now the deck only contains nine spades, eleven diamonds, eight clubs, and twelve hearts. martha predicts that whenever she draws a card from the deck without looking, she will draw a club one-fifth of the time. which activity would best allow martha to test her prediction? a. randomly draw a card from the box and see if it is a club. b. randomly draw a card. then, continue to draw another card until all eight clubs are drawn. c. randomly draw and replace a card 120 times. then, observe how close to 30 times a club is drawn. d. randomly draw and replace a card 100 times. then, observe how close to 20 times a club is drawn.

2. using calculations based on a perpetual inventory system, determine the inventory balance altira would report in its august 31, 2021, balance sheet and the cost of goods sold it would report in its august 2021 income statement using the average cost method. (round "average cost per unit" to 2 decimal places.)