Basic Math Questions and Answers
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Basic MathMaria invested $2000 in an account that earns 4.5% interest, compounded
annually. The formula for compound interest is A(t) = P(1 + i)t
How much did Maria have in the account after 5 years?
A. $2450.00
B. $2492.36
C. $12,819.47
D. $10,450.00
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Basic MathWhich of the x-values are solutions to both of the following inequalities?
1<x and x < 13
Choose all answers that apply:
A x = 0
B x = 2
C x = 14
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Basic MathA student has gotten the following grades on his tests. What is the minimum grade he must get on the last test in order to have an average of 79?
73, 81, 89, 72
The minimum grade he must get on the last test in order to have an average of 79 is
(Simplify your answer.)
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Basic MathThe function f(x) = 12,419(1.4)x represents the number of visitors to a.
website x years after it was launched. Each year, the number of visitors is
the number the year before.
A. 0.4 times
B. 1.4 times
C. 4 times
D. 4 more than
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Basic MathIf the annual number of retail drug prescriptions (in millions) can be approximated by the least squares line y = 82.51x + 2917.93 where x = 0 corresponds to the year 2018, find the approximate number of prescriptions in the year 2028.
A. 2917.93 million
B. 3743.03 million
C. 3000.44 million
D. 8763.03 million
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Basic MathFor f(x) = 6x and g(x)=x+5, find the following functions.
a. (fog)(x); b. (gof)(x); c. (fog)(2); d. (gof)(2)
a. (fog)(x) = 6x +30
(Simplify your answer.)
b. (gof)(x) = 6x + 5
(Simplify your answer.)
c. (fog)(2) = 42
d. (gof)(2) =
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Basic MathPrehistoric cave paintings were discovered in a cave in France. The paint contained 28% of the original carbon-14. Use the exponential decay model for carbon-14, A=Age -0.0001211 to estimate the age of the paintings
The paintings are approximately years old. (Round to the nearest integer.)
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Basic Math64% of U.S. adults have very little confidence in newspapers. You randomly select 10 U.S. adults. Find the probability that the number of U.S. adults who have very little confidence in newspapers is (a) exactly five, (b) at least six, and (c) less than four.
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Basic MathFind the area of the indicated region under the standard normal curve.
Click here to view page 1 of the standard normal table.
Click here to view page 2 of the standard normal table.
The area between z = -0.7 and z = 1.4 under the standard normal curve is
(Round to four decimal places as needed.)
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Basic MathWally Chin, the owner of an ExxonMobil station, bought a used Ford pickup truck, paying $2,300 as a down payment.
He still owes 75% of the selling price. What was the selling price of the truck?
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Basic MathA large apartment complex has 750 tenants. 68% of tenants who were surveyed said they are in favor of having tennis courts installed for tenants to use. Which of the following numbers of tenants best represents the likely number of tenants who would like to have the tennis courts installed?
A. 750
B. 675
C. 510
D. 240
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Basic MathAssume that the population consists of all students currently in your statistics class. Describe how to obtain a sample of six students so that the result is a sample of the given type.
a. Simple random sample
b. Systematic sample
c. Stratified sample
d. Cluster sample
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Basic MathState whether the graph of - 4/X^2 has infinite discontinuity, jump discontinuity, point discontinuity, or is continuous.
The function is continuous.
The function has infinite discontinuity.
The function has point discontinuity.
The function has jump discontinuity.
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Basic MathDuring a huge snowstorm in the White Mountains last year, it snowed 400 centimeters in one week. How much did it snow in meters?
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Basic MathMrs. Collins has two full rainwater catching barrels in her yard. Barrel A holds 150 gallons of water, and Barrel B holds 175 gallons of water. Barrel A releases water at a rate of 1.5 gallons per minute. Barrel B releases water at a rate of 2.5 gallons per minute. If Mrs. Collins releases water from both barrels at the same time, after how many minutes will both barrels have the same amount of water?
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Basic MathWrite the expression as a single logarithm with coefficient 1. Assume all variables represent positive real numbers.
2 logb (z+1)+ logb(3z + 4)
Choose the correct answer.
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Basic MathSusan has 4.25 pounds of flour in her pantry. She needs 2/3 of a pound to make one serving of her favorite recipe. How many whole servings can she make?
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Basic MathWhy does "How to Jump-Start a Car Battery include this image with the
instructions?
A. To explain that the negative cable should be attached first
B. To show how to attach the jumper cables to each car battery
C. To illustrate for the reader how the cars should be positioned
D. To provide the overall objective for the set of instructions
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Basic MathSolve the system by using the addition method.
2x² + y² = 11
5x²−4y² =−31
There are infinitely many solutions.
The solution set is the empty set, {}.
The solution set is a finite set.
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Basic MathOn the graph of f(x) = sin x and the domain 0 ≤ x < 2л, for which of the following intervals is
f(x) strictly decreasing? Choose all correct answers.
Select all that apply:
(0, π/2)
(π/4, π/2)
(π/2, 3π/2)
(3π/2, 2π)
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Basic MathThe concentration C(t) of a certain drug in the bloodstream after f minutes is given by the formula C(t) = 0.06(1-e-0.2t). What is the concentration after 4 minutes? Round to three decimal places.
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Basic MathFrom a group of 7 people, you randomly select 2 of
them.
What is the probability that they are the 2 oldest
people in the group?
Give your answer as a fraction
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Basic MathDescribe a function g(x) in terms of f(x) if the graph of g is obtained by vertically stretching f by a factor of 9, then shifting the graph of f to the right 3 units and upward 2 units.
g(x) = Af(x +B) + C where
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Basic MathMake Sense and Persevere Charlotte buys a ticket to go to a
baseball game. The total includes a charge of 7% of the original price
for extra fees. If Charlotte pays a total of $44.94, how much was the
original price of the ticket?
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Basic MathThe oldest child in a family of four children is twice as old as the yougest. The two middle children are 12 and 15 years old. If the average age of the children is 14.25, how old is the youngest child?
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Basic MathWhat is the basic ratio of ounces of
peanuts to ounces of raisins for a
mixture of 24 ounces of peanuts and
16 ounces of raisins?
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Basic MathFactorize the following number into prime factors
Use * to multiply the factors and use exponents for multiple same factors where is used to indicate
expontents
21 =
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Basic MathThe radioactive substance uranium-240 has a half-life of 14 hours. The amount A (t) of a sample of uranium-240 remaining (in grams) after / hours is given by the following exponential function.
A(t)=4300(1/2)^t/14
Find the amount of the sample remaining after 13 hours and after 50 hours.
Round your answers to the nearest gram as necessary.
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Basic MathConsider two fire towers in the Canadian wilderness. Tower B is 40 miles due East of tower A. The guards notice a fire that appears at a bearing of 70 degrees from Tower A, and a bearing of 310 degrees miles from the tower B (the closer of from Tower B. The fire is at a distance the two towers). Hint: Draw a picture.
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Basic MathAn object is dropped from a tower, 784 ft above the ground. The object's height above ground x seconds after the fall is s(x) = 784-16x². About how long does it take the object to hit the ground? What is the object's velocity at the moment of impact?
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Basic MathIf this animal is a dog, then it has
four legs.
Choose the equivalent statement.
A. If this animal is not a dog,
then it doesn't have four legs.
B. If this animal has four legs,
then it's a dog.
C. If this animal does not have
four legs, then it is not a dog.
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Basic MathIdentify each of the following equations as linear, exponential or quadratic
y = 4 + 3x + ²
y = 3x
y = 3x +4
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Basic Math7. On a group trip to a certain city, 20 people who were 25 years old, 20 people who were 30 years old, and 20 people who were 35 years old purchased tickets for a bus tour of the city. No one else purchased tickets for the bus tour. A 30-year old who had purchased a ticket became ill and did not go on the bus tour, and everyone else who purchased a ticket went on the bus tour. Which of the following statements is true?
(A) The standard deviation of the ages of the people who went on the bus tour is greater than the standard deviation of the ages of the people who purchased tickets
. (B) The standard deviation of the ages of the people who went on the bus tour is less than the standard deviation of the ages of the people who purchased tickets.
(C) The standard deviation of the ages of the people who went on the bus tour is equal to the standard deviation of the ages of the people who purchased tickets.
(D) There is not enough information to determine which standard deviation is greater.
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Basic MathLaura wants to determine the miles-per-gallon rating of her car. She filled the tank when the odometer read 14,959 miles. She then drove her car on a trip. At the end of the trip, the odometer read 15,351 miles, and it took 14 gallons to refill the tank. How many miles per gallon does her car deliver?
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Basic MathSolve for x and graph the solution on the number line below.
-4x - 6≤ -18 and -4x - 6≥ -30
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Basic MathUse finite approximation to estimate the area under the graph of f(x)=4x² and above the graph of f(x)=0 from xo=0 to x₁=2 using
i) a lower sum with two rectangles of equal width.
ii) a lower sum with four rectangles of equal width.
iii) an upper sum with two rectangles of equal width.
iv) an upper sum with four rectangles of equal width.
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Basic MathFind all zeros of the function f(x) = 6x³ + 7x² - 8x - 5. Enter the zeros separated by commas.
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Basic MathA person starts a fire in a field. The fire is expanding outward in all directions forming a larger and larger circle. The radius of the circular fire is increasing at 3 feet/minute. How many minutes will it take until the area of the circular fire is 17620 square feet? Type your answer to the nearest hundredth (2 decimal places).
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Basic Math5. Rectangle A is dilated to form rectangle B.
A 6
20
B
30
What scale factor was used? Enter the answer and also provide a 1 sentence explanation that describes how you determined your answer. Review the
will be evaluated.
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Basic MathAbigail's math teacher finds that there's roughly a linear relationship between
the amount of time students spend on their homework and their weekly quiz
scores. This relationship can be represented by the equation y 6.2x + 69,
where y represents the expected quiz score and a represents hours spent on
homework that week. What is the meaning of the x-value when y = 91?
How many hours a student spends studying all year.
A student's expected quiz score if they spent 1 hour on their homework.
The number of hours a student should spend on their homework to
expect a score of 91 on the quiz.
A student's expected quiz score if they spent 91 hours on their
homework.
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Basic MathGraph the solution set. If there is no solution, indicate that the solution set is the empty set.
1
y²-x-4
2
y≤x-2
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Basic MathSuppose $5000 is invested at 8% interest compounded continuously. How long will it take for the investment to grow to $10000?
Use the model A(t) = Pet and round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a year.
years for the investment to reach $10000.
It will take
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Basic MathConsider the following polynomial function.
f(x) = (x + 2)²(x-4)³(x − 3)
Step 1 of 3: Find the degree and the y-intercept. Express the intercept as an ordered pair.
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Basic MathThis equation shows how the distance Darren has cycled depends on the number of trips he
has taken to work.
d = 2t
The variable t represents the number of trips he has made, and the variable d represents the
total distance cycled in kilometers. After 3 trips to work, how many kilometers will Darren
have cycled in total?
kilometers
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Basic Mathproblem. 28x-*=20-8
The function f(x) = 500(0.5)x/100 models the amount in pounds of a particular radioactive material stored in a
concrete vault, where x is the number of years since the material was put into the vault. Find the amount of
radioactive material in the vault after 140 years. Round to the nearest whole number.