A Major DVD Rental Chain Is Considering Opening a New

question 96

Multiple Choice

A major DVD rental chain is considering opening a new store in an area that currently does not have any such stores. The chain will open if there is evidence that more than 5,000 of the 20,000 households in the area are equipped with DVD players. It conducts a telephone poll of 300 randomly selected households in the area and finds that 96 have DVD players. The decision on the hypothesis test using a 3% level of significance is

• A) to reject H₀ in favor of H₁.
• B) to accept H₀ in favor of H₁.
• C) to fail to reject H₀ in favor of H₁.
• D) We cannot tell what the decision should be from the information given.

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Definitions:

Fixed Cost

Expenses that do not change in proportion to the activity of a business, such as rent, salaries, or loan payments.

Cost Behavior

The manner in which a cost changes in relation to its activity base (driver).

Activity Changes

Variations or alterations in the level of operations, processes, or actions within an organization that can impact performance and outcomes.

Total Variable Costs

The cumulative expenses that vary directly with the level of production or business activity.