Amie Jackson, a Manager at Sigma Travel Services, Makes Every

question 65

Multiple Choice

Amie Jackson, a manager at Sigma travel services, makes every effort to ensure that customers attempting to make online reservations do not have to wait too long to complete the reservation process. The travel website is open for reservations 24 hours a day, and Amie regularly checks the website for the waiting time to maintain consistency in service. She uses the following independently drawn samples of wait time during two peak hours, morning 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and evening 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., for the analysis. Assume that wait times are normally distributed. Which of the following is the 95% confidence interval for the ratio of the population variances?

• A) [1.02, 8.55]
• B) [1.00, 8.73]
• C) [0.99, 8.83]
• D) [1.19, 7.34]

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Definitions:

Retained Earnings

The portion of a company's profit that is held or retained and not paid out as dividends to shareholders, used for reinvestment in the business, to pay debt, or to buy back shares.

Ending Inventory

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Accounts Payable

Financial obligations or debts that a company owes to its suppliers or creditors for goods and services received but not yet paid for.

Owners' Equity

Represents the residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting liabilities, often referred to as shareholder equity.