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The energy that is released during an earthquake travels through the Earth as vibrations termed _______.

Uranium, the fuel that drives nuclear energy, is found in which geologic setting?

Designing and retrofitting building to withstand the effects of earthquakes is a type of

Short-term predictions of earthquake behavior have

During an earthquake, if a hanging wall slides downward relative to a footwall, the fault is termed a ________ fault. 

The majority of the Earth’s mountains occur ________.

A law enforcement agent believes that at least 84% of the drivers stopped for speeding on Saturday nights are under the influence of alcohol. A sample of 84 drivers who were stopped for speeding on a Saturday night was taken. Seventy-five percent of the drivers in the sample were under the influence of alcohol.

A tire manufacturer has been producing tires with an average life expectancy of 27,000 miles. Now the company is advertising that its new tires’ life expectancy has increased. To test the legitimacy of the advertising campaign, an independent testing agency tested a sample of 6 of their tires and has provided the following data.  Use the 0.01 level of significance . Life Expectancy(In Thousands of Miles) 31 29 26 30 32 26  

For the previous question on the tire company, use the 0.01 level of significance  enter the critical value (value you looked up in table or Excel)   Round your answer to three decimal places.

A juice drink filling machine, when in perfect adjustment, fills the bottles with 12 ounces of drink on an average. A random sample of 49 bottles is selected, and the contents are measured. The sample yielded a mean content of 11.82 ounces with a standard deviation of 0.35 ounces.   Formulate the hypotheses (in ounces) for a test to determine if the machine is in perfect adjustment