Pathways to Math Literacy (Loose Leaf)
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Author: David Sobecki Professor, Brian A. Mercer
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1.10, Problem 13G
Let’s look at a fairly basic points system for grading. We’ll say that your course grade comes from 4 exams worth 100 points each, a homework score worth 200 points, and a final exam worth 200 points.
How many total points can be earned in the course?
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For unemployed persons in the United States, the average number of months of unemployment at the end of December 2009 was approximately seven months (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2010). Suppose the following data are for a particular region in upstate New York. The values in the first column show the number of
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In Gallup's Annual Consumption Habits Poll, telephone interviews were conducted for a random sample of 1014 adults aged 18 and over. One of the questions was "How many cups of coffee, if any, do you drink on an average day?" The following table shows the results obtained (Gallup website, August 6, 2012).
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Pathways to Math Literacy (Loose Leaf)
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