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Jumping to conclusions can be a barrier to effective listening even when a speaker and a listener know each other very well.

Tara’s campus organization has invited several travel agents to speak to the group about their best deals on trips for spring break. As Tara listens, she is deciding which travel package is the best one for her. During the presentations, she is engaged in which form of listening?

It is impossible to listen too hard.

Xiaodan plans to show a video of an explosion in her speech. According to your textbook, she should

“Short” Response (Answer in 2-3 sentences): Why is manuscript speaking usually a poor way to prepare for speeches?

“Short” Response (Answer in 2-3 sentences): Why is memorization usually a poor way to prepare for a speech? Does it have any advantages?

A 10-sided dice is rolled.  Find the probability of rolling an odd number, if the probability of rolling each number is equally likely.  Write your answer as an integer or a simplified fraction.  

A 12-sided dice is rolled.  If all sides are equally likely to be rolled, find the probability of rolling a 1.  Enter your answer as an integer or a simplified fraction.

Suppose that you borrow $10,000 for five years at 5% toward the purchase of a car.  Find the monthly payments and the total interest paid on the loan.  Put you answers in monetary format, with a dollar sign and rounded to the nearest cent. 

In a lottery, the top cash prize was $676 million, going to three lucky winners.  Players pick five different numbers from 1 to 58 and one number from 1 to 47.  A player wins a minimum of $450 by correctly matching three numbers drawn from the white balls (1 through 58) and matching the number on the gold ball (1 through 47).  What is the probability of winning the minimum award?  The probability of winning the minimum award is __________.  (Type an integer or a simplified fraction.)