Wages and salaries make up only part of a total compensation. other parts include paid leave, health insurance, and many others. in 2013, wages and salaries among manufacturers in the united states made up an average of 65.8% of total compensation. to determine if this changed, a random sample of manufacturing employees was drawn. can we infer that percentage of total compensation for wages and salaries increased in 2013?

The blue whale is the largest animal living on the earth. the average blue whale measures 100 feet long (30 meters) and weighs 300,000 pounds (136,000 kilograms). a whale’s head is 1⁄3 of the length of its body. a new baby whale is 1⁄4 the length of a grown whale. the average man is 1⁄17 the length of a blue whale, and 1⁄1,818 its weight. a human baby measures 1⁄4 of the length of an adult. calculate the following information: how long is a whale’s head? how long is a new baby whale? how tall is the average man? how much does the average man weigh? how tall is the average human baby?

Aswimming pool is a rectangle with semicircles on the end. the rectangle is 12 meters wide and 30 meters long. the diameter and width of the swimming pool are equal. sketch and label an overhead diagram of the swimming pool. find the area of the swimming pool floor.

How many $20 bills do you need to have to make $280