Basic Math Questions and Answers
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Basic MathResolve the given vector into its x-component and y-component. The given angle 0 is measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis (in standard position).
Magnitude 2.11 mN, θ = 187.41°
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Basic MathA parabola has its directrix at x = 4 and its focus at (8, k). Which of the following could be the equation of the parabola? Select all that apply.
a. y =1/8 (x-8)² +6
b. 4y= (x-8)² + 20
c. x=1/8 (y + 2)² + 6
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Basic MathDetermine the resultant of the vectors with the given magnitudes and directions. Positive angles are measured counterclockwise from the positive x-axis, and negative
angles are measured clockwise from the positive x-axis.
A: 557, 152.0
B: 1244, 232.0
The magnitude of the resultant is
(Round to one decimal place as needed.)
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Basic MathAt a county fair truck pull, two pickup trucks are attached to the back end of a monster truck. One of the pickups pulls with a force of 4000 pounds and the other pulls with
a force of 3000 pounds with an angle of 45° between them. Find the resultant force of the two trucks.
The resultant force is pounds.
(Round to the nearest hundred pounds as needed.)
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Basic MathAt a school-sponsored car wash, the fees charged were: $5 per car, $8 per pickup truck, $10 per full-size van. Twice as many cars were washed as pickup trucks. The amount collected for washing cars and pickup trucks was $360. A total of $410 was collected at the car wash. Find the number of cars washed.
A 40 cars
B 25 cars
C 20 cars
D 65 cars
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Basic MathRoger has a house in Telluride, Colorado, but starts a new job in Denver. Every Monday, he drives his car 332 miles from Telluride to Denver, spends the week in a company apartment, and then drives back to Telluride on Friday. He doesn't use his car for anything else.
After 20 weeks of this, his odometer shows that he has travelled 240,218 miles since he bought the car.
How many miles were on his car when he started the job?
664
13280
226938
253498
332
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Basic MathThe angle between two forces of 34 N (Newtons) and 47 N is 62°. Find the magnitude of the resultant force.
The magnitude of the resultant force is
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Basic MathProvide an appropriate response.
Find the area under the standard normal curve to the left of z = 1.25.
0.8944
0.7682
0.1056
0.2318
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Basic Math2. Suppose you have a can of paint that you'll use to paint a rectangle whose length is 5 inches
more than its width. If the can covers 500 in², what will the dimensions of the rectangle be?
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Basic MathLeila received a $70 gift card for a coffee store. She used it in buying some coffee that cost $8.14 per pound. After buying the coffee, she had $37.44 left on
her card. How many pounds of coffee did she buy?
pounds
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Basic MathBoris is putting money into a savings account. He starts with $750 in the savings account, and each week he adds $60.
Let S represent the total amount of money in the savings account (in dollars), and let W represent the number of weeks Boris has been adding money. Write an
equation relating S to W. Then use this equation to find the total amount of money in the savings account after 12 weeks.
Equation: s= 350 +60]
Total amount of money after 12 weeks: $1010
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Basic MathQuadrilateral ABCD has vertices A = (2, 5), B=(2, 2), C=
(4, 3) and D= (4, 6). Quadrilateral A'B'C'D' is formed
when Quadrilateral ABCD is dilated by a scale factor of 2.
Which statement is true? Select all that apply
Choose all that apply:
None of the answers apply
The side lengths of Quadrilateral ABCD and Quadrilateral
A'B'C'D' are the same.
The angles of Quadrilateral ABCD and Quadrilateral
A'B'C'D' are the same.
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Basic MathGiven f(x) = 4x³ - 16x² +13x-3, answer the following.
Part: 0 / 2
Part 1 of 2
(a) Factor f(x), given that 3 is a zero.
f(x) = 0
0°
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Basic Matharmen got a prepaid debit card with $30 on it. For her first purchase with the card, she bought some bulk ribbon at a craft store. The price of the ribbon was
3 cents per yard. If after that purchase there was $27.27 left on the card, how many yards of ribbon did Carmen buy?
yards
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The exponential model A = 993.4 e 0.0231 describes the population, A, of a country in millions, t years after 2003. Use the model to determine when the population of the country will be 1064 million.
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The population of the country will be 1064 million in
Round to the nearest year as needed.)
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Basic MathIf the half-life of an element is 67 yr and the initial quantity is 3 kg, write a function of the form Q(t) = Qe^kt to model the quantity the element left after t years. Round k to 4 decimal places.
Select one:
a. Q(t)=67e^-0.0103t
b. Q(t)=67e^-0.0034t
c. Q(t) = 3e^-0.0103t
d. Q(t) = 3e^-0.0034t
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Basic MathAn open-top box is to be made from a square piece of cardboard that measures 6 inches by 6 inches by removing a square from each corner and folding up the sides. What are the
dimensions and volume of the largest box that can be made in this way?
length
width
height
volume
in
in
in
in 3
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Basic MathUse the formula t=
In 2
that gives the time for a population, with a growth rate k, to double, to answer the following questions.
k
The growth model A=9e 0.0061 describes the population, A, of a country in millions, t years after 2003.
Part 2 of 2
a. What is the country's growth rate?
0.6%
b. How long will it take the country to double its population?
years (Round to the nearest whole number.)
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Basic MathUse a calculator with a y key or a key to solve the following.
The exponential function f(x)=560(1.032)* models the population of a country, f(x), in millions, x years after 1974. Complete parts (a) — (e).
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a. Substitute 0 for x and, without using a calculator, find the country's population in 1974.
The country's population in 1974 was 560 million.
b. Substitute 22 for x and use your calculator to find the country's population, to the nearest million, in the year 1996 as modeled by this function.
million.
The country's population in 1996 was
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Basic MathConsider the equation 1.5x + 4.5y = 18. For each question, explain or show your
reasoning.
1. If we graph the equation, what is the slope of the graph?
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Basic MathAxel swam 32 laps at the pool. The
number of laps that he swam was 2
more than 3 times as many laps as his
friend Kelly swam. Which of the
following equations could you use to
determine the number of laps that
Kelly swam?
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Basic MathA model rocket is launched from the ground. The height, s, of the rocket above the ground at time t seconds after it is launched can be found by the formula s=-16t² +67t. Find how long it will take for the rocket to reach a height of
44 feet.
seconds
(Round to two decimal places as needed. Use a comma to separate answers as needed.)
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Basic MathIn a genetics class, 6 students have GREEN eyes, 3 students have BLUE eyes, and 11 have HAZEL eyes. If a single student is
picked at random, what is the probability that their eyes are GREEN or HAZEL?
• Provide the final answer as a fraction.
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Basic MathTroy opened a savings account and deposited $300.00. The account earns 6% interest,
compounded annually. If he wants to use the money to buy a new bicycle in 3 years, how
much will he be able to spend on the bike?
Use the formula A = P 1 +
where A is the balance (final amount), P is the principal
(starting amount), r is the interest rate expressed as a decimal, n is the number of times per
year that the interest is compounded, and t is the time in years.
Round your answer to the nearest cent.
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Basic MathLogan earned $8 for each dog he walked last summer. This summer, he raised his fee to $9 per dog. Express the change in Logan's fees as a percent. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Enter the correct answer in the box.
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Basic MathAn elevator can carry 26 adults or 30 children at one time. During the course of a day, the elevator
carries a full passenger load 46 times. If all the passengers were children, how many more people
would the elevator carry than if all the passengers were adults?
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Basic MathVina has $4.60 in quarters, dimes and nickels in her purse. She has seven more dimes than quarters and six more nickels than quarters. How many of each coin are in her purse?
nickels
dimes
quarters
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Basic MathWrite an expression that is equivalent to 3y - 9.
A common factor of 3 and 9 is
3y - 9 =
So, 3y - 9 is equivalent to
Why can you use properties of operations to write
equivalent expressions?
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Basic MathSam opens a savings account at the start of the school year. The amount of money in Sam's college savings account is given by the
function:
A(w):
= 2400-60w
Where
w= the number of weeks since school started and
A(w) represents the amount of money, in dollars, left in the account w weeks after school started
Find the missing value in the ordered pair described by the function notation and then choose the option that best describes the
meaning of that ordered pair.
A(0) means...
O After 0 weeks of school Sam has $2400 in the account.
After 0 weeks of school Sam has $2,340 in the account.
After 40 weeks of school Sam has $0 in the account.
O After 0 weeks of school Sam has $40 in the account.
O After 60 weeks of school Sam has $0 in the account.
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Basic MathAlgebra 2 > T.13 Compound interest
Troy opened a savings account and deposited $300.00. The account earns 6% interest,
compounded annually. If he wants to use the money to buy a new bicycle in 3 years, how
much will he be able to spend on the bike?
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Use the formula A = P 1 +
where A is the balance (final amount), P is the principal
(starting amount), r is the interest rate expressed as a decimal, n is the number of times per
year that the interest is compounded, and t is the time in years.
Round your answer to the nearest cent.
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Basic MathA population of bears increased by 50% in 4 years.
If the situation is modeled by an annual growth
rate compounded continuously, which formula
could be used to find the annual rate according to
the exponential growth function? Leave your
answer in terms of In.
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Basic MathWhen Deion was born, his grandfather gave him a 7.5-gram gold coin as a present. Today,
Deion read in the newspaper that a gram of gold is worth $50.04. How much money is the
gold coin worth?
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Basic Math4. A car traveled 180 miles at a constant rate.
a. Complete the table to show the rate
at which the car was traveling if it
completed the same distance in each
number of hours.
b. Write an equation that would make it
easy to find the rate at which the car
was traveling in miles per hour r, if it
traveled for hours.
180/F
travel time
(hours)
5
4.5
3
2.25
rate of travel
(miles per hour)
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Basic MathNoah operates an orange juice stand. On Monday he used 3/10 of a bag of oranges. On
Tuesday he used 1/3 as many oranges as on Monday. How many bags of oranges did Noah
use on Tuesday?
Write your answer as a fraction or as a whole or mixed number.
bags
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Basic MathMary needs to borrow $11,000. She can borrow the money at 5.5% simple interest for 3
3 yr.
(a) How much total interest would Mary pay at 5.5% simple interest?
(b) How much total interest would Mary pay at 5% interest compounded continuously?
(c) Which option results in less total interest?
Part 1 of 3
(a) How much total interest would Mary pay at 5.5% simple interest?
At 5.5% simple interest, the total interest Mary would pay is $2733.875
Part: 1/3
Part 2 of 3
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(b) How much total interest would Mary pay at 5% interest compounded continuously?
At 5% interest compounded continuously, the total interest Mary would pay is $
or she can borrow at 5% with interest compounded continuously for
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Basic MathAn account is opened with an initial deposit of $24,000 and earns 2.5% interest
compounded quarterly. What will the account be worth in 15 years?
Since we are dealing with money, round 2 decimals.
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Basic MathIf, in a monopoly market, the demand function for a product is p = 130 -0.40x and the revenue function is R = px, where x is the number of units sold and p is the price per unit, what price will
maximize revenue?
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Basic MathA shipment of 1000 small lab mice arrives at the animal care facility with a nominal weight of 10 g per mouse. A simple random
sample of 100 mice is selected and weighed, and the resulting 95% confidence interval for the mean weight is from 9.9 g to 10.5
Which of the given statements is correct?
O About 95% of samples will have mean weights between 9.9 g and 10.5 g.
O About 95% of individual mice in our sample weigh between 9.9 g and 10.5 g.
This type of quality control is repeated across the country whenever a shipment of mice is received. About 95% of the
quality control tests will have confidence intervals that contain the true mean.
About 95% of individuals will have confidence intervals that contain the value of 10.
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Basic MathIn AJKL, JL is extended through point L to point M,
m/LJK = (2x + 2)°, m/KLM = (8x - 16), and
m/JKL = (3x+6)°. Find m/KLM.
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Basic MathAn individual plans to buy a house for $200,000.
She will put 20% down, and finance the rest with a 20 year mortgage at a fixed rate of 5%.
a) What will be the monthly payment for the loan?
b) In total, how much interest will be paid over the term of the loan?
c) How much interest is paid in the first month?
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Basic Math4. The doubling time for a city's population is 10 years. In 30 years the population will be times the initial population
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 8
5. Which of the following is not a good approximation of doubling time?
a) A population growing at 2% per year will double in 35 years.
b) A population growing at 1% per year will double in 70 years.
c) A population growing at 10% per year will double in 7 years.
d) A population growing at 35% per year will double in 2 years.
6. The half-life of a drug in the bloodstream is 14 hours. What fraction of the original dose is left in the bloodstream after 56 hours?
a) 1/4
b) 1/8
c) 1/16
d) 1/32
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Basic MathDance Company Students The number of students who belong to the dance company at each of several randomly selected small universities is shown below.
Round sample statistics and final answers to at least one decimal place.
30 26 25 26
21
29
21
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47 47 21 35
35 35
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Estimate the true population mean size of a university dance company with 80% confidence. Assume the variable is normally distributed.
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Basic Math3. Write an equation to model the scenario, and then solve it. (2 pts)
Mariah filled her dog treat jar with 72 dog treats. Her dogs eat 4 treats each day. How many treats are left in the
jar after one week (7 days)?
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Basic MathCountry A has an exponential growth rate of 4.9% per year. The population is currently 5,025,000, and the land area of Country A is 29,000,000,000 square yards. Assuming this growth rate continues and is exponential, after how
long will there be one person for every square yard of land?
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Basic MathWrite a system of linear equations in three variables, and then use matrices to solve the system.
A ceramics workshop makes wreaths, trees, and sleighs for sale at Christmas. A wreath takes 3
hours to prepare, 2 hours to paint, and 10 hours to fire. A tree takes 15 hours to prepare, 3 hours
to paint, and 4 hours to fire. A sleigh takes 4 hours to prepare, 16 hours to paint, and 7 hours to
fire. If the workshop has 93 hours for prep time, 74 hours for painting, and 107 hours for firing,
how many of each can be made?
O 3 wreaths; 7 trees; 4 sleighs
O 7 wreaths; 4 trees; 3 sleighs
8 wreaths; 5 trees; 4 sleighs
O4 wreaths; 3 trees; 7 sleighs
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Basic MathFind the zeros of the following polynomial. Include complex zeros if any occur.
P(x) = (x+3)(x² - 2x + 3)
(Give your answer in the form of a comma-separated list if needed. Express numbers in exact form. Use symbolic notation and
fractions where needed.)
x =
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Basic MathYou perform a statistical test to examine if a new machine that fills soft drink cans has a higher mean amount filled than the old machine. Which of the given statements is an example of a Type II error?
Conclude that the new machine increased the mean amount filled when in fact it does not.
Conclude that the new machine did not increase the mean amount filled when in fact it does.
Conclude that the new machine did not increase the mean amount filled when in fact it does not.
Conclude that the new machine increased the mean amount filled when in fact it does.
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Basic MathCourtney and Joe are power washing the patio. Courtney can power wash
the entire patio in 7 hours while it takes Joe just 5 hours to power wash
the patio. How long will it take Courtney and Joe to power wash the patio
together? Choose the equation that should be used to solve this problem
and state the solution.
O7t + 5t = 12; t = 1 hour
O = + = 1; t = 2
hours
7t + 5t = 1; t = 12 hours
O + = 1; t = 5 hours