A Soft Drink Rises in a Straw When You Suck

question 76

Multiple Choice

A soft drink rises in a straw when you suck on the straw because ________

• A)the vacuum pulls the liquid up the straw.
• B)capillary forces attract the liquid to the walls of the straw.
• C)the air pressure inside the straw is less than the air pressure outside the straw.
• D)the air pressure inside the straw is greater than the air pressure outside the straw.
• E)the liquid level inside the straw is pushed up by the liquid level outside the straw.

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Definitions:

Margin Error

The highest degree to which the outcomes from a sample are anticipated to vary from the actual value of the population.

Sample Size

Refers to the number of observations or data points that are collected and used for statistical analysis.

P-values

The odds of observing test results as extreme or more extreme than the actual outcomes, under the presumption that the null hypothesis is accurate.

One-sided

Refers to a type of hypothesis test or confidence interval where the alternative hypothesis targets a specific direction of effect.