TABLE 12-6 According to an Article in Marketing News, Fewer Checks Are

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TABLE 12-6
According to an article in Marketing News, fewer checks are being written at the grocery store checkout than in the past. To determine whether there is a difference in the proportion of shoppers who pay by check among three consecutive years at a 0.05 level of significance, the results of a survey of 500 shoppers in three consecutive years are obtained and presented below.

-Referring to Table 12-6, what is the critical value?

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Definitions:

Long-term Borrowing

Debt obtained by a company with repayment terms extending beyond one year, used to finance the company's long-term investments and operations.

Debt Ratio

The debt ratio is a financial metric that compares a company's total liabilities to its total assets, indicating the proportion of a company’s assets that are financed by debt.

Solvency Risk

The risk that a company will not have enough funds to meet its long-term liabilities and financial commitments.

Long-term Asset Turnover Ratio

A financial metric that measures a company's efficiency in using its long-term assets to generate revenue.