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Which of the following is the best first step in solving the equation below? 4+2㏒³x=17

In a survey of 1015 adults, a polling agency asked, "when you retire, do you think you will have enough money to live comfortably or not. of the 1015 surveyed, 534 stated that they were worried about having enough money to live comfortably in retirement. construct a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of adults who are worried about having enough money to live comfortably in retirement.

Astudy was interested in determining if eating milk chocolate lowered someone's cholesterol levels.ten people's cholesterol was measured. then, each of these individuals were told to eat 100g of milk chocolate every day and to eat as they normally did. after two weeks, their cholesterol levels were measured again. is there evidence to support that their cholesterol levels went down? how should we write the alternative hypothesis? (mud = the population mean difference= before - after)a. ha: mud = 0b. ha: mud > 0c. ha: mud < 0d. ha: mud does not equal 0