Why does cross multiplication work / why cross multiplication works

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1. there are 25 students who started computer programming in elementary school and 25 students who started computer programming in middle school. the first group had a mean final project grade of 95% and the second group had a mean final project grade of 92%. the line plot shows the differences after 10 rerandomizations. determine whether the difference in the means of the two groups is significant based on the line plot. explain your answer.

Which spreadsheet would be used to compute the first nine terms of the geometric sequence a^n=32•(1/2)n-1

Amachine that produces a special type of transistor (a component of computers) has a 2% defective rate. the production is considered a random process where each transistor is independent of the others. (a) what is the probability that the 10th transistor produced is the first with a defect? (b) what is the probability that the machine produces no defective transistors in a batch of 100? (c) on average, how many transistors would you expect to be produced before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (d) another machine that also produces transistors has a 5% defective rate where each transistor is produced independent of the others. on average how many transistors would you expect to be produced with this machine before the first with a defect? what is the standard deviation? (e) based on your answers to parts (c) and (d), how does increasing the probability of an event a↵ect the mean and standard deviation of the wait time until success?