If You Invest $10,000 in a 4-Year Certificate of Deposit

question 56

Multiple Choice

If you invest $10,000 in a 4-year certificate of deposit (CD) paying 10 percent interest compounded annually, determine how much the CD will be worth at the end of 4 years.

• A) $13,600
• B) $45,730
• C) $14,640
• D) $15,958

Calculate and interpret the slope and intercept of the least-squares regression line.

Understand the significance of the p-value in hypothesis testing relating to the slope of the regression line.

Apply Pearson's Correlation to examine the strength of the relationship between two variables.

Understand the distribution of the test statistic used in linear regression hypothesis testing.

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