Sadie Is Shopping for a New Pair of Running Shoes

question 56

Multiple Choice

Sadie is shopping for a new pair of running shoes. She tells the salesperson that she is a marathoner and needs shoes for distance. The salesperson suggests that Sadie buy a pair of Mercury running shoes. Mercury shoes are actually designed for walking rather than running. On mile 21 of her first training run, the shoes start to wear through in the heel. What type of warranty has been breached?

• A) express
• B) merchantability
• C) fitness for a particular purpose
• D) none (No warranty was made in this situation.)

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Definitions:

Measurements

The act or process of determining the size, quantity, or degree of something using standard units.

Possible

That which can be done or achieved; within the limits of ability, capacity, or realization.

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variation of sample means around the population mean.

Sample Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the degree to which two variables change together, based on a sample of data, showing whether the relationship is positive, negative, or nonexistent.