Hospital administrators wish to learn the average length of stay of all surgical patients. a statistician determines that, for a 95% confidence level estimate of the average length of stay to within +/- 0.5 days, 50 surgical patients' records will have to be examined. how many records should be looked at to obtain a 95% confidence level estimate to within +/- 0.25 days?

The advertisement demonstrates a popular way companies try to sell a product. what should consumers consider when it comes to the price of this product? it includes shipping and handling costs. it takes into account maintenance costs. it explains why this price is a good deal. it makes the full cost appears lower than it is.

You are evaluating two different silicon wafer milling machines. the techron i costs $285,000, has a three-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $78,000 per year. the techron ii costs $495,000, has a five-year life, and has pretax operating costs of $45,000 per year. for both milling machines, use straight-line depreciation to zero over the project’s life and assume a salvage value of $55,000. if your tax rate is 24 percent and your discount rate is 11 percent, compute the eac for both machines.

The american dream includes home ownership. but in the last few years, it's gotten harder and harder to own a home. do you think home ownership is important to most americans today? why or why not?