Professors at a Local University Earn an Average Salary of $80,000

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Multiple Choice

Professors at a local university earn an average salary of $80,000 with a standard deviation of $6,000. The salary distribution cannot be regarded as bell-shaped. What can be said about the percentage of salaries that are less than $68,000 or more than or more than $92,000?

• A) It is at least 75%.
• B) It is at most 75%.
• C) It is at least 25%.
• D) It is at most 25%.

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Definitions:

Depreciation Expense

An accounting method of allocating the cost of a tangible or physical asset over its useful life to account for declines in value.

Half-Year Convention

The half-year convention is a method in depreciation accounting where an asset is assumed to have been in service for half the year, regardless of when it was actually acquired during the fiscal year.

Incremental Depreciation

The additional depreciation expense recorded when there is a change in the estimated useful life or salvage value of an asset.

Opportunity Costs

The cost of foregone alternatives, representing the benefits one could have received by taking an alternative action.