MAT093 FINAL EXAM (SP 2021)
1. Approximately 7% of men are color-blind. At that rate, how many color-blind men would you expect at a football game with 28,500 men in attendance? 28,500 men in attendance
7% of men are color blind
28,500 (7%) = 1995
1995 men are color blind
28,500(7%)=1995 or 28,500 (7/10)=1995
2. JK Builders bought 45 acres of land for a housing development. They will give 2.5 acres to the city for a playground and subdivide the remaining land into house lots of 0.9 acres. How many house lots can be formed?
The maximum number of house lots that can be formed is 47. Total land available: 45 acres Land given to city for the playground:2.5 acres Left over land: 45-2.5=42.5 acres land for one house lot =0.9 acres so the total would be 42.5/0.9=47.22
3. A consumer watchdog group priced a box of wheat flakes at six different grocery stores. The prices were: $3.19, $3.42, $3.25, $3.99, $3.05, and $3.59.
a) What is the mean selling price for the cereal?
b) What is the median selling price?
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4. Volunteers are painting 20 interior walls in new homes that have been built. Each wall measures 15 feet by 8 ? feet
a) If a gallon of paint covers 350 square feet, how many gallons will be required to paint all the walls? (Round to next whole number)
b) If each gallon costs $28.95, find the cost of the project.
5. If a 2 ¼ inch line on a map represents a 11-mile road, how many miles would be represented by a 5 ½ inch line?
6. At a fire sale, items are being sold at 25% off the marked price. What is the sale price of an item that has a marked price of $136?
7. Sixteen ounces of mouthwash costs $4.25 while a 33-ounce container of the same brand costs $8.25.
Which is a better buy?
Why?
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8. The price of gasoline jumped from $2.29 per gallon to $2.59 per gallon recently. What was the percent increase?
9. You buy 5.75 yards of material at $7.80 per yard and pay 6.25 % sales tax. What is the total cost for your purchase?
10. According to the General Services Administration, the federal government owns about of the acreage in Alaska and about of the acreage in Kentucky. Which state has the larger portion of federally owned land? Explain.
11. Your employee credit union offers a simple interest loan at 5.25% per month. If you borrow $1800 for 30 months:
a) What is the total amount to be repaid?
b) How much interest have you been charged?
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12. The odometer reading in your car was 39,247.1 when you filled it with gas last week. Yesterday, when you filled the gas tank, the odometer read 39,762.4 and you put 18.3 gallons of gas in the tank.
How many miles did your car travel per gallon of gas? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth)
13. During the spring semester, the Sustainability Club plants a flowerbed in BHCCs garden area outside of the Health and Wellness Center using the dimensions shown in the diagram. (Use 3.14 to approximate the value of ?)
a) What is the area of the flowerbed?
b) If they use fertilizer at the rate of 1 cup for 56 square feet, how much fertilizer will they need for a single application?
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14. In a recent survey of new car buyers, 30 of 93 men said they would prefer to buy a silver car while 24 of 75 women said they would prefer silver.
a) Which group has a stronger preference for silver cars?
b) Explain your answer.
15. Martin is advised by his doctor not to exceed 1950 mg of aspirin per day for his arthritis pain. If he takes capsules containing 325 mg of aspirin, how many capsules can he take without exceeding the doctors orders?
BONUS QUESTION (5 points):
How many square inches are there in 4 square feet? (1 foot = 12 inches)
There are 576 square inches
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