Joyce's investments earn 5% nominal annual return right now while the inflation rate is at 1%. if inflation increases to 5%, it is likely that the nominal rate will

a.

stay the same

b.

decrease

c.

increase

d.

approach the real rate

The following frequency table relates the weekly sales of bicycles at a given store over a 42-week period.value01234567frequency367108521(a) in how many weeks were at least 2 bikes sold? (b) in how many weeks were at least 5 bikes sold? (c) in how many weeks were an even number of bikes sold?

Atextile fiber manufacturer is investigating a new drapery yarn, which the company claims has a mean thread elongation of 12 kilograms with a standard deviation of 0.5 kilograms. the company wishes to test the hypothesis upper h subscript 0 baseline colon mu equals 12 against upper h subscript 1 baseline colon mu less-than 12 using a random sample of n equals 4 specimens. calculate the p-value if the observed statistic is x overbar equals 11.8. round your final answer to five decimal places (e.g. 98.76543).

The multiplicative property of equality states that for real numbers a, b, c, and d, if a = b and c = d, then ac = bd. true false