Professor York Randomly Surveyed 240 Students at Oxnard University and Found

question 53

Multiple Choice

Professor York randomly surveyed 240 students at Oxnard University and found that 150 of the students surveyed watch more than 10 hours of television weekly. Develop a 95 percent confidence interval to estimate the true proportion of students who watch more than 10 hours of television each week. The confidence interval is:

• A).533 to .717
• B).564 to .686
• C).552 to .698
• D).551 to .739

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Definitions:

Loss on Disposal

A financial loss that occurs when an asset is sold for less than its carrying amount on the books.

Gain on Disposal

The profit earned from selling a capital asset for more than its book value.

Straight-line Method

A method of calculating depreciation of an asset, dividing the difference between its cost and salvage value by the total number of years it is expected to be in use.

Salvage Value

The expected financial return on an asset at the time of its disposal after its serviceable life has concluded.