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A graph is misleading if ______. |
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it has a title |
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there are no labels on either scale |
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it is a line graph with years labeled on the horizontal axis |
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it is a bar graph |
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Find the solution of 72 + z = 84 if the value of z can be selected from the set {4, 8, 12, 16}. |
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12 |
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8 |
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16 |
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4 |
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The equation  where d represents the distance in miles
and t is the number of seconds between seeing lightening and
hearing thunder, tells how far away a thunderstorm is.
How far is it to a thunderstorm if you count 15 seconds between
seeing the lightening and hearing the thunder? |
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15 miles |
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3 miles |
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1 mile |
D. |
10 miles |
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What would you predict your heart rate would be if you exercise 40 minutes per day? |
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50 |
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120 |
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0 |
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10 |
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The following are scores on an English exam. The highest score possible is 100. Which is the correct line plot? |
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Find the mean of {3, 8, 10, 1, 25}. |
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8 |
B. |
9.4 |
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1 |
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9 |
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Which interval has the most values? |
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70-79 |
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60-69 |
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10-19 |
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90-99 |
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What is the median for a set of quiz scores? |
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16 |
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15 |
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13 |
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17 |
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Which statistic is misleading in the following set of test scores?
2, 85, 87, 88, 89 |
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upper quartile |
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median |
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mean |
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mode |
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Solve x + 3 = 22. |
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19 |
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25 |
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17 |
D. |
23 |
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Which is the correct line plot for this information? |
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A. |
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Are there any clusters in this data? |
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Yes, 5-8 and 14-18. |
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No, there are no clusters. |
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Yes, 5-20. |
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Yes, 11-15. |
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Find the interquartile range of the data. |
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7 |
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17 |
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5 |
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10 |
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The prices of a shirt, before tax, in ten different department stores are as follows: $17.99, $21.99, $14.99, $13.99, $22.99, $21.99, $19.99, $17.99, $24.99, and $18.99. If you were to create a frequency table of this data, how many department stores would fall into the interval $20.00 to $21.99? |
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1 |
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4 |
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3 |
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2 |
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Evaluate 124. |
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20,736 |
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18,491 |
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48 |
D. |
16,777,216 |
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16. |
Express 64 in exponential form as a power of 4. |
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45 |
B. |
26 |
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44 |
D. |
43 |
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Evaluate 16 + (9 - 4)10 - 4 · 5. |
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35 |
B. |
190 |
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46 |
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96 |
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Evaluate j - k if j = 10 and k = 2. |
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8 |
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20 |
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12 |
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5 |
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Michigan’s population is almost 10,000,000 people. Texas’ population is twice that of Michigan. About how many people live in Texas? |
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2.0 × 107 |
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2.0 × 109 |
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2.0 × 108 |
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2.0 × 106 |
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The line graph shows the average price of gas for one recent month in Austin, Texas. Why is the graph misleading? |
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The horizontal scale is missing the odd-numbered days. |
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The vertical axis is not labeled. |
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It shows that the highest price occurred at the beginning of the month and the lowest price occurred at the end of the month. |
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It shows that price of gas changed dramatically during the month. |
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