Exhibit 10

question 33

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 10.1 A farmer uses a lot of fertilizer to grow his crops.The farmer's manager thinks fertilizer products from distributor A contain more of the nitrogen that his plants need than distributor B's fertilizer does.He takes two independent samples of four batches of fertilizer from each distributor and measures the amount of nitrogen in each batch.Fertilizer from distributor A contained 23 pounds per batch and fertilizer from distributor B contained 18 pounds per batch.Suppose the population standard deviation for distributor A and distributor B is four pounds per batch and five pounds per batch,respectively.Assume the distribution of nitrogen in fertilizer is normally distributed.Let and represent the average amount of nitrogen per batch for fertilizer's A and B,respectively. Refer to Exhibit 10.1.Calculate the appropriate p-value.

• A)0.0592
• B)0.0847
• C)0.0896
• D)0.1184

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Definitions:

Conservation-of-Volume Task

A cognitive development task used in developmental psychology to assess a child's understanding that the quantity of a substance remains unchanged even when its appearance changes.

Decenter

The ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation or problem simultaneously, crucial in the development of logical thinking in children.

Concrete Operations

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, typically occurring between ages 7 and 12, where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Classification

The systematic process of organizing or categorizing items, ideas, or information based on shared characteristics or principles.