As part of a statistics project, a 6th grade teacher brings to class a container with 200 red marbles and 800 white marbles which are thoroughly mixed. To figure out how many marbles in the container are red without actually counting them all, a student randomly draws 150 marbles from the container. Of the 150 marbles drawn, 33 are red.The target population consists of
A. the 200 red marbles in the container.
B. the 1000 marbles in the container.
C. the 33 marbles drawn by the student.
D. the 150 marbles drawn by the student.
E. none of these
Answer: B
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= 7x2 + 1
A. f(x) = 2x2 + 
B. y = 2f(x)2 + 7
C. y = 2f(x)2 + 
D. f(x) = 2x2 + 3
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A. 
B. 
C. 
D. 
Subtract.
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A. 875 B. 975 C. 946 D. 976 E. 1,075
Solve the problem.Assume that a person's threshold weight W, defined as the weight above which the risk of death rises dramatically, is given by W(h) = 
3 , where W is in pounds and h is the person's height in inches. Find the threshold weight for a person who is 6 ft 4 in. tall. Round your answer to the nearest pound.
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