A Package of 260 Sheets of Drafting Vellum Costs $23

question 8

Short Answer

A package of 260 sheets of drafting vellum costs $23.40. Find the cost of each sheet of vellum.

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Definitions:

Tosylate Ion

A negative ion derived from tosylate (p-toluenesulfonate), often used as a leaving group in organic synthesis reactions.

Leaving Group

An atom or group that detaches from a molecule in a chemical reaction, making way for the formation of a new bond.

Margin of Error

A statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results, defining a range within which the true population parameter is expected to lie with a certain level of confidence.

Normally Distributed

Describes a statistical distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.