ECON 250 Midterm: ECON 250 Pastmidterm1 Econ250midterm1W11
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Answer all four questions in the answer booklet provided. Of workers who receive the minimum wage, 50% are in low-income households. Call y the change in the earth"s surface temperature over the next 50 years, in degrees celsius. Suppose that climate scientists estimate this relationship: y = 0. 20 (x 390). Suppose x has a mean of 410 and a variance of 18. Find the mean and variance of the change in the temperature: suppose that countries with scal stimulus programs avoid recessions with probability.
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