1. For each situation, explain why data are collected from a sample and not a census. a) To test the quality of milk.

b) To find the percent of Grade 7 students who know the multiplication tables.

c) Rita researched accident statistics in her community. She learned that, in the past year,
30 people were injured in car accidents and 10 people were injured in motorcycle
accidents. Rita inferred, “It is safer to ride a motorcycle than it is to drive a car.”
Is Rita’s inference valid? Explain.

Apiling for a high-rise building is pushed by two bulldozers at exactly the same time. one bulldozer exerts a force of 1250 pounds in a westerly direction. the other bulldozer pushes the piling with a force of 2650 pounds in a northerly direction. what is the direction of the resulting force upon the piling, to the nearest degree? a. 65 n of w b. 25 n of w c. 45 n of w d. 35 n of w

The median am of triangle ∆abc is half the length of the side towards which it is drawn, bc . prove that triangle ∆abc is a right triangle, and find angle mac and abm

Ascientist studied a population of workers to determine whether verbal praise and/or tangible rewards affect employee productivity. in the study, some workers were offered verbal praise, some were offered tangible rewards (gift cards, presents, and some were offered neither. the productivity of each participant was measured throughout the study by recording the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. which inference might the scientists make based on the given information? a.) the number of daily tasks completed by each employee may influence the dependent variable, which is whether the employee receives verbal praise, tangible rewards, or neither. b.) verbal praise and/or tangible rewards may influence the independent variable, which is the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. c.) verbal praise and/or tangible rewards may influence the dependent variable, which is the number of daily tasks completed by each employee. d.) the dependent variables, which are verbal praise and tangible rewards, may influence the number of daily tasks completed by each employee.