Instruction 12-4
the Managers of a Brokerage Firm Are Interested

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Instruction 12-4
The managers of a brokerage firm are interested in finding out if the number of new customers a broker brings into the firm affects the sales generated by the broker.They sample 12 brokers and determine the number of new customers they have enrolled in the last year and their sales amounts in thousands of dollars.These data are presented in the table that follows.
$\begin{array}{ccc}\text { Broker}&\text {Clients }&\text {Sales }\\\hline1 & 27 & 52 \\2 & 11 & 37 \\3 & 42 & 64 \\4 & 33 & 55 \\5 & 15 & 29 \\6 & 15 & 34 \\7 & 25 & 58 \\8 & 36 & 59 \\9 & 28 & 44 \\10 & 30 & 48 \\11 & 17 & 31 \\12 & 22 & 38\end{array}$
-Referring to Instruction 12-4,the managers of the brokerage firm wanted to test the hypothesis that the true slope was equal to 0.The p-value of the test is ________.

Interpret the significance of effective and nominal interest rates in financial decisions.

Calculate present and future values of specific amounts under given interest rates and time periods.

Distinguish between different types of annuities and their respective valuations.

Understand the concept of compound interest and calculate future values of investments compounded at different periods.

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