"researchers have found a strong connection between the amount of money a person spends on bookshelves and that person's level of literacy. therefore, they recommend buying more bookshelves to increase literacy." why is the researchers' conclusion likely incorrect? a. the amount of money a person spends on bookshelves is correlated with literacy level. b. reading books, not buying bookshelves, results in better literacy. c. buying bookshelves, not reading books, results in better literacy. d. the number of books a person reads is correlated with literacy level.

The accompanying table shows the numbers of male and female students in a particular country who received bachelor's degrees in business in a recent year. complete parts (a) and (b) below. business degrees nonbusiness degrees total male 189131 634650 823781 female 169539 885329 1054868 total 358670 1519979 1878649 (a) find the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student received a business degree. the probability that a randomly selected student is male, given that the student received a business degree, is nothing. (round to three decimal places as needed.) (b) find the probability that a randomly selected student received a business degree, given that the student is female. the probability that a randomly selected student received a business degree, given that the student is female, is nothing. (round to three decimal places as needed.)

The graph shows the distance kerri drives on a trip. what is kerri's speed?

Handsome jack is buying a pony made of diamonds. the price of the pony is p dollars, and jack also has to pay a 25% diamond pony tax. which of the following expressions could represent how much jack pays in total for the pony?