A contractor bought 7.6 ft2 of sheet metal. He has used 2.3 ft2 so far and has $95.40 worth of sheet metal remaining. The equation 7.6x−2.3x=95.4 represents how much sheet metal is remaining and the cost of the remaining amount. How much does sheet metal cost per square foot? Sheet metal costs $? per square foot

If your score on your next statistics test is converted to a z score, which of these z scores would you prefer: minus2.00, minus1.00, 0, 1.00, 2.00? why? a. the z score of 2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations above the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. b. the z score of 0 is most preferable because it corresponds to a test score equal to the mean. c. the z score of minus2.00 is most preferable because it is 2.00 standard deviations below the mean and would correspond to the highest of the five different possible test scores. d. the z score of minus1.00 is most preferable because it is 1.00 standard deviation below the mean and would correspond to an above average