Twin brothers, Mike and Mark, are both offered jobs at grocery stores. Mike is offered a job at Fresh Foods making $10 per hour. Mark is offered a job at Groovy Groceries making $8 per hour plus a one-time hiring bonus of $100. Each twin believes he has been offered the better job. It's your responsibility to determine which brother has been offered the better job.

Given f(x) = 17-x^2what is the average rate of change in f(x) over the interval [1, 5]?

Marla bought a book for $12.95, a binder for $3.49, and a backpack for $44.99. the sales tax rate is 6%. find the amount of tax and the total she paid for these items

The fraction of defective integrated circuits produced in a photolithography process is being studied. a random sample of 300 circuits is tested, revealing 17 defectives. (a) calculate a 95% two-sided confidence interval on the fraction of defective circuits produced by this particular tool. round the answers to 4 decimal places. less-than-or-equal-to p less-than-or-equal-to (b) calculate a 95% upper confidence bound on the fraction of defective circuits. round the answer to 4 decimal places. p less-than-or-equal-to