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15. Evan is sewing trim on a pair of shorts. He needs four equal length pieces of trim to put two stripes down each side of the shorts. The teacher gives him a piece of black trim that is 185 cm long. He measures and cuts 4 equal lengths. He ends up with a small piece of leftover trim that is 13 cm long. How long is each piece of trim?

a) Write an equation to represent this situation.

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