Set Up an Equation That Can Be Used to Solve

question 67

Multiple Choice

Set up an equation that can be used to solve the problem. Solve the equation and answer the question asked.
-At a gourmet nut shop, nuts are sold in bulk. Cashews sell for $1.30 per pound and macadamia nuts sell for $8.55 per pound. Lee wishes to purchase 5 pounds of mixed nuts by mixing 3.5 pounds of cashews and 1.5
Pounds of macadamia nuts. What will be the price per pound of the mixture?

• A) $31.88
• B) $6.38
• C) $3.48
• D) $17.38

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Definitions:

Lower Tailed Test

A statistical test used to determine if a dataset's lower end values significantly differ from the hypothesized value.

Test Statistic

A standardized value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test that is used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the ones observed during the test, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Test Statistic

This is a value, derived from sample data, used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.