Basic Math Questions and Answers
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Basic MathSuppose that $6000 is placed in a savings account at an annual rate of 3%, compounded monthly. Assuming that no withdrawals are made, how long will it take for the account to grow to $7110? Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Basic MathA gas that exerts a pressure of 6.20 atm in a container with a volume mL will exert a pressure of of 9.150 atm when transferred to a "container with a volume of 322 mL.
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Basic MathWhat is the volume of a sphere with a radius of 8 m, rounded to the nearest tenth of a cubic meter?
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Basic MathHow long will it take for a $2000 Investment to grow to $3070 at an annual rate of 6.4%, compounded quarterly? Assume that no withdrawals are made. Do not round any Intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Basic MathYou have been asked to convert a pressure FROM atm TO psi. Which conversion factor would you use?
14.7 psi/1 atm
1 atm/14.7 psi
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Basic MathWhat is the diameter of a hemisphere with a volume of 74466 cm³, to the nearest tenth of a centimeter?
Answer: cm
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Basic MathArtie needs to save $450 to buy the new bicycle that he wants. He currently has $300. What percent of the cost of a new
bicycle has he saved?
Claire decides to solve this problem by setting up a proportion. What should her proportion look like?
A) 300/100 = X/450
B) x/100 = 300/450
C) x/100 = 450/300
D) 450/100 = x/300
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Basic MathThe number of frogs (f) in the pond is proportional to the number of salamanders (s) placed in the pond. Suppose there are 10 frogs for each salamander. Which equation represents the total number of frogs in the pond?
s=10f
f=10s
f = 10/s
s=f+10
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Basic MathThe circumference of a circle with a radius of 5.8 inches is
?in. Use 3.14 for pi. (Round to the nearest hundredth).
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Basic MathThe floor area of a furniture storeroom is 500 square yards. One sofa requires 3 square yards and one dining table requires 4 square yards of space. The room can hold a maximum of 150 pieces of furniture. Let s represent the number of sofas and t represent the number of tables. Write a system of inequalities to represent the number of pieces of furniture that can be placed in the storeroom.
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Basic Math# 18. Which of the following is a property of a parallelogram?
A The diagonals are congruent.
C The diagonals bisect the angles.
B The diagonals bisect each other.
D The diagonals are perpendicular.
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Basic MathThe equation 4 = 1300(1.02) is being used to calculate the amount of money in a savings account. What does 1.02 represent in this equation?
1) 0.02% decay
2) 0.02% growth
3) 2% decay
4) 2% growth
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Basic MathYou kick a football at an angle of 55° with an initial speed of 63 feet per second. Estimate to the nearest foot, the horizontal distnace traveled by the
football. d = v2/32 sin 2θ.
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Basic MathThere is a circular track that surrounds a patch of grass. The radius from the grass to the track is 23 feet. How many feet long is the track? Your answer should
be a number only. Use 3.14 for pi. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
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Basic MathYou want to put edging around your above ground rectangular pool. The dimensions of the pool are 22 ft. by 27 ft. How many feet of edging do you need to purchase to surround the pool? Your answer should be a number only.
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Basic MathJose' holds a rock 1m above the ground. The rock has 100J of PE and 0 KE while
she holds the rock. Which of the following is true if Becky drops the rock? *
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It's impossible to tell without knowing the rock's mass.
The rock will have OJ of PE and 100J of KE right before it hits the ground. a
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Basic MathJohnny can build 3 1/2 lego planes in 60 minutes. How many can he build in 40 minutes?
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Basic MathA telecommunications company is building a third cell tower in a region with existing towers located at A(-2,-3) and B(5,-3). Each unit in the coordinate plane represents 0.6 mile. They ask you to determine the location of the third tower so that the triangle formed by the three cell towers has an area of about 10.1 square miles and a perimeter of about 15 miles, and the distance from the third tower to tower A is about 6 miles. Estimate the coordinates of the third tower to the nearest integer.
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Basic MathA swimming pool is being filled at the rate of 12 cubic yards per minute. If the pool is 18 yards long, 10 yards wide, and 3 yards deep, how many minutes will it take to fill the pool?
540 minutes
101 minutes
1,233 minutes
45 minutes
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Basic MathUsing the formula A = ½bh for the area of a triangle where b is the base and h is the height, find the area of a triangle whose base is 12 units and whose height is 24 units. Enter only the numeric value with no letters or =.
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Basic MathFor the polynomial function f(x) = .5x³ + .25x2 + .125x+ .0625, find the zeros. Then determine the multiplicity at each zero and state whether the graph displays the behavior of a touch or a cross at each intercept.
x = .5, cross
x = .5, touch
x = -.5, touch
x = -.5, cross
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Basic MathThe number of bacteria in a certain sample Increases according to the following function, where y0 is the initial number present, and y is the number present at time t (in hours).
y=y0e^0.05671
How many hours does it take for the size of the sample to double? Do not round any Intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Basic MathAnthony owns a small business selling bagels. He knows that in the last week 3 customers paid cash, 33 customers used a debit card, and 34 customers used a credit card. Based on these results, express the probability that the next customer will pay with cash as a fraction in simplest form.
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Basic MathJulie is asked to solve the system below by elimination. Which of the following steps
would be the best way to begin?
2x+y=-3 ?
3x-2y = 2
A. Multiply 1 by 2 and multiply by 3
B. Multiply 2 by 2
C. Multiply 1 by 2
D. Multiply 2 by 2 and multiply 1 by -2
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Basic MathA group of biologists is surveying the mice population in a forest. The equation n = 75.3¹ gives the total number of mice, n, t years since the survey began. Explain what the numbers 75 and 3 mean in this situation.
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Basic MathYou just bought a new car and need to expand your driveway by pouring more concrete. If the dimensions of the addition are 11 ft. by 6.5 ft., how many square feet of concrete do you need to pour? Your answer should be a number only. Do not round.
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Basic MathWhen Xochitl runs the 400 meter dash, her finishing times are normally distributed with a mean of 84 seconds and a standard deviation of 2.5 seconds. Using the empirical rule, determine the interval of times that represents the middle 68% of her finishing times in the 400 meter race.
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Basic MathIn a right triangle the two legs have measurements of 12 inches and 15 inches. Use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of the hypotenuse.
12.96 inches
5.2 inches
19.21 inches
340.00 inches
28.54 inches
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Basic MathSuppose that the functions and g are defined as follows.
ƒ(x)= 5/x+1 g(x)=6/x
Find f/g. Then, give its domain using an interval or union of intervals. Simplify your answers.
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Basic MathYou buy a tarp to cover the driveway when it snows. The dimensions of your driveway are 10 ft. by 15 ft. If the tarp covers your entire driveway, how many square feet are covered? Your answer should be a number only.
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Basic MathUse the Factor Theorem to determine whether x-2 is a factor of P(x) = -2x³ + 3x²-3x+10. Specifically, evaluate P at the proper value, and then determine whether x-2 is a factor.
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Basic MathFind the difference quotient f(x+h)-f(x)/h, where h≠0, for the function below.
f(x) = 3x² - 4
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Basic MathComplete the statement:
If two polygons are similar, then their corresponding (1)__ are congruent and their
corresponding__(2)____ are proportional.
1) Sides; 2) Areas
1) Angles; 2) Areas
1) Angles; 2) Sides
1) Sides; 2) Angles
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Basic MathGiven that sinθ= 35/37 and cosθ <0, determine the values of the sine and cosine functions for 2θ
sin2θ = (Type an integer or a simplified fraction.)
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Basic MathThe Eiffel Tower, shown to the right, has a width of 328 feet and a height of 984 feet. Maria is designing a T- shirt for her trip to France and she wants to put a picture of the Eiffel tower on the front of the shirt. The maximum space she can use on the shirt is a rectangle with a width of .75 feet and a height of 1.5 feet. Maria uses a sclale factor of 1/k where k is an integer, to shrink the Eiffel Tower and fit it on the t-shirt. What is smallest possible value for k?
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Basic MathLet (-4,-3) be a point on the terminal side of θ. Find the exact values of cos θ, sec θ, and cot θ.
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Basic MathA machine produces 255 bolts in 24 minutes. At the same rate, how many bolts would be produced in 40 minutes?
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Basic MathKuro has a stack of 15 coins on a table with a volume of 8 cubic centimeters. He has
stacked them perfectly straight creating a cylindrical shape.
He accidentally bumps the table, causing the coins to shift to a leaning position; but are
still stacked. What would be the best estimate of the volume of the stack once it has
been bumped/shifted?
The volume cannot be calculated
8 cubic centimeters
9 cubic centimeters
7 cubic centimeters
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Basic MathThe average cost per DVD, in dollars, for a company to produce x DVDs on exercising is given by the formula A = 8x + 300/x, where A is the average cost per DVD and x is the number of DVDs produced. Complete parts a through c.
a. Find the cost for producing 1 DVD.
The average cost for producing 1 DVD is $ 308 (Simplify your answer.)
b. Find the average cost per DVD for producing
The average cost for producing 100 DVDs is $
100 DVDs.
(Simplify your answer.)
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Basic MathIf a right triangle has two legs which have measurements of 12 inches and 14 inches, the length of the hypotenuse is inches.
Use the Pythagorean theorem to calculate the length of the hypotenuse.
Round answer to the nearest one hundredth.
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Basic MathA certain medicine is given in an amount proportional to a patient's body weight. Suppose a patient weighing 119 pounds requires 136 milligrams of medicine. What is the weight of a patient who requires 200 milligrams of medicine?
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Basic MathA company makes steel rods shaped like cylinders. Each rod has a diameter of 6 centimeters and a height of 20 centimeters. If the company used 45,781.2 cm of steel, how many rods did it make? Use 3.14 for π, and do not round your answer.
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Basic MathCalifornia's growth rate in 2013 was 0.9%. There were roughly 38 million people
living in California that year. Assuming the growth rate is stable, which equation
models the population P, in millions, t years after 2013?
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Basic MathA tepee in the shape of a right cone has a slant height of 18.5 feet and a diameter of 20 feet. Approximately how much canvas would be needed to cover the tepee?
116 sq ft
58 sq ft
89 sq ft
58 sq ft
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Basic MathFind the difference quotient
f(x+h)-f(x)/h
f(x)=1/x+6
Simplify your answer as much as possible.
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Basic MathUse a calculator and evaluate A to the nearest cent.
A=$15,000 e 0.04t for t=2, 7, and 10
Ift=2, A-$
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Basic MathFind the difference quotient f(x+h)-f(x)/ h,where h0, for the function below.
f(x) = -4x²-3x+1
Simplify your answer as much as possible.
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Basic MathFind the difference quotient f(x+h)-f(x)/h where h0, for the function below.
f(x)=6x-7
Simplify your answer as much as possible.