According to USA Today, Customers Are Not Settling for Automobiles

question 33

Multiple Choice

According to USA Today, customers are not settling for automobiles straight off the production lines. As an example, those who purchase a $355,000 Rolls-Royce typically add $25,000 in accessories. One of the affordable automobiles to receive additions is BMW's Mini Cooper. A sample of 179 recent Mini purchasers yielded a sample mean of $5,000 above the $20,200 base sticker price. Suppose the cost of accessories purchased for all Mini Coopers has a standard deviation of $1,500. Determine the margin of error in estimating the average cost of accessories on Mini Coopers.

• A) 219.75
• B) 214.41
• C) 231.14
• D) 291.11

---

Definitions:

Intra-Entity Transactions

Transactions that occur between entities within the same parent company, which may need to be eliminated in consolidated financial statements.

Straight-Line Deprecation

A method of calculating the depreciation of an asset, where the cost is evenly spread over its useful life.

Intra-Entity Transfer

Refers to the movement of goods, services, or funds between different departments or units of the same organization.

Accumulated Depreciation

The total amount of depreciation expense that has been recorded against an asset, reflecting its reduction in value over time.