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Question a. A survey of the opinions of property owners about a street widening project was taken to determine whether the resulting opinion was related to the distance of front footage. A randomly selected sample of 100 property owners was contacted and the results are attached.

What is the critical value at the 10% level of significance? Choose the right answer:
a. 7.779
b. 9.236
c. 9.488
d. 11.070

Question b: To analyze data cross-classified in a contingency table, how are the degrees of freedom found? Choose the right answer:

a. N - 1
b. Rows - Columns
c. (Rows) x (Columns)
d. (Rows - 1) x (Columns - 1)

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