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The number of calories for a serving of different brands of potato chips and tortilla chips is shown in the back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot below. Which statement is correct? |
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The data for potato chips and the data for tortilla chips have the same mode(s). |
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Most of the tortilla chip brands have less than 150 calories per serving. |
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Most of the potato chip brands have less than 150 calories per serving. |
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Potato chips and tortilla chips both have the same mean number of calories. |
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Solve |t - 16| = 20. |
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{4, 36} |
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{-4, 36} |
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{4, -36} |
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{-4, -36} |
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Use Cramer's rule to find the value of n in the system of equations. 

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-22 |
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Write the matrix equation as a system of linear equations. |
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-2s + t = 12 5s + 8t = 7 |
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-2s = 7 5t = 12 |
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-2s + 5t = 7 s + 8t = 12 |
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-2s + t = 7 5s + 8t = 12 |
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The focus of a parabola has coordinates (2, 3). The equation of the directrix is x = 0. Find an equation of the parabola. |
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Approximate the real zero of h(x) = 2x4 - 3x2 + x + 1 to the nearest tenth. |
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-1.3, -0.5 |
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-1.5, 0.9 |
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-0.3 |
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1.6 |
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7. |
Find all of the rational zeros of the function p(x) = 2x3 + 3x2 - 11x - 6. |
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A. |
-6 |
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-3, 1 |
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-3, 2 |
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8. |
Find log 136.8 to four decimal places. |
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2.1418 |
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2.0502 |
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2.1106 |
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2.1361 |
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42% of a random sampling of 800 people felt that skim milk was as nutritional as whole milk. Find the margin of error for this sampling. |
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0.0003045 |
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0.0348999 |
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0.2436 |
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0.58 |
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Graph the line passing through the point (2, -5) with a slope of –2. |
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A scatter plot is __________. |
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a line graph |
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a line graphed in a portion of Quadrant I of the coordinate plane |
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a set of data graphed as ordered pairs in a coordinate plane |
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a table of data |
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Choose the ordered pair that satisfies 7x – 15y < -13. |
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(1, 1) |
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(-2, 0) |
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(2, -3) |
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(0, -2) |
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At a firm, there are three workers that are supposed to work a combined 110 hours per week. Worker 1 is supposed to work 5 hours more than worker 2, and worker 2 is supposed to work 15 hours more than worker 3. How long should each one work? |
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worker 1: 40worker 2: 45worker 3: 25 |
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worker 1: 45worker 2: 40worker 3: 25 |
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worker 1: 45worker 2: 35worker 3: 30 |
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worker 1: 42.5worker 2: 37.5worker 3: 30 |
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Find the value of the determinant of  |
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6 |
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64 |
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2 |
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–32 |
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15. |
Solve  |
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no real solution |
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10 |
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38 |
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76 |
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If a graph represents an odd-degree polynomial function, what must be true? |
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It must have at least three roots. |
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It must pass through the x-axis. |
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It may not have any real roots. |
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Find the slope of the line that passes through A and B . |
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18. |
Shrinivas deposited $1300 in an account which pays 8% annual interest, compounded continuously. How long will it take to reach $3500? |
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1.2 years |
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176 years |
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12.4 years |
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9.2 years |
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Dave and Nick started out with a garden of 5 tomatoes. Each week, they grew three times as many tomatoes as the week before. How many tomatoes an do they grow in the nth week? |
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5 + 3n |
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3an-1 |
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3n |
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3 + an -1 |
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One card is drawn from a standard deck of cards. What is the probability that it is either a black card or a face card? |
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