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Fifty-five percent of the members of the junior varsity swim team wear glasses. Of the team members who do not wear glasses, 30 percent of them are in the 10th grade.To the nearest whole percent, what is the probability that a randomly chosen member of the JV swim team does not wear glasses and is in the 10th grade?

A
14%
B
17%
C
55%
D
67%
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A cone is cut out of the center of a pyramid with a rectangular base. The rectangular base has side lengths of 15 and 10 units. The cone has a diameter of 9 and a height of 12. The pyramid and cone have the same height.

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A
519π units3
B
681π units3
C
(600π – 81) units3
D
(600 – 81π) units3
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The scores of an eighth-grade math test have a normal distribution with a mean = 83 and a standard deviation = 5. If Din’s test score was 92, which expression would she write to find the z-score of her test score?

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A
z = StartFraction 92 minus 83 Over 83 EndFraction
Option A
B
z = StartFraction 83 minus 92 Over 5 EndFraction
Option B
C
z = StartFraction 92 minus 83 Over 5 EndFraction
Option C
D
z = StartFraction 5 minus 83 Over 92 EndFraction
Option D
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People at the state fair were surveyed about which type of lemonade they preferred. The results are shown below.Pink lemonade: 156 males, 72 femalesYellow lemonade: 104 males, 48 females

A
P(pink lemonade | female) = P(pink lemonade) = 0.6.
B
P(female | pink lemonade ) = P(pink lemonade) = 0.3.
C
P(pink lemonade | female) = 0.3 and P(pink lemonade) = 0.6.
D
P(female | pink lemonade ) = 0.3 and P(pink lemonade) = 0.6.
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A survey of pet owners found that on average, they spend $1,225 annually per pet, with a standard deviation of $275. Between which two amounts would you expect 95% of the survey’s respondents to spend annually per pet if the sample is approximately normal and comes from a normally distributed population?

A
$675 and $1,500
B
$675 and $1,775
C
$950 and $1,500
D
$950 and $1,775
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The depth of the water, d, at the end of a pier changes periodically as a function of time, t, in hours as shown in the graph below. According to the model, the last low tide occurred at 5:00 a.m. When will the next low tide occur? Let t = 0 be 12:00 a.m.

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A
3:00 a.m.
B
5:00 a.m.
C
3:00 p.m.
D
5:00 p.m.
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Which of the following is a binomial experiment?

A
Rolling a six-sided number cube 24 times and recording if a 4 comes up
B
Rolling a six-sided number cube and recording the number until a 4 comes up
C
Rolling a six-sided number cube and recording the number until an even number comes up
D
Rolling a six-sided number cube 24 times and recording the number that comes up
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The height of a right cylinder is 3 times the radius of the base. The volume of the cylinder is 24π cubic units.What is the height of the cylinder?

A
2 units
B
4 units
C
6 units
D
8 units
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A guidance counselor reports that in a given semester, the probability that a student chooses art as an elective is 15 percent, the probability that a student chooses art or drama is 20 percent, and the probability that a student chooses both art and drama is 2 percent.What is the probability that a student chooses drama as an elective?

A
5 percent
B
7 percent
C
33 percent
D
37 percent
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The two-way table shows the number of sport utility vehicles with certain features for sale at the car lot.What is the probability that a randomly selected car with no 4-wheel drive has third-row seats?

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A
0.3
B
0.4
C
0.7
D
0.8
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What is the equation of the graph below?

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A
y = cosine (StartFraction x Over 0.4 EndFraction)
Option A
B
y = cos(5x)
C
y = cos(0.4x)
D
y = cosine (StartFraction x Over 5 EndFraction)
Option D
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For the graphs below, for which probability distribution is the value of the median greater than the value of the mean?

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A
Negatively skewed
B
Normal, symmetrical distribution
C
Positively skewed distribution
D
None of the above
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A supervisor finds the mean number of miles that the employees in a department live from work. He finds and . Which mileage is within a z-score of -1.5?

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A
21 miles
B
24 miles
C
36 miles
D
41 miles
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The hypotenuse of right triangle ABC, line segment AC, measures 13 cm. The length of line segment BC is 5 cm.

A
34.8°
B
44.8°
C
46.3°
D
47.9°
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A simple random sample of 50 adults was surveyed, and it was found that the mean amount of time that they spend surfing the Internet per day is 54.2 minutes, with a standard deviation of 14.0 minutes. What is the 99% confidence interval (z-score = 2.58) for the number of minutes that an adult spends surfing the Internet per day?Remember, the margin of error, ME, can be determined using the formula .

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A
49.1 minutes to 59.3 minutes
B
50.3 minutes to 58.1 minutes
C
54.2 minutes to 58.1 minutes
D
54.2 minutes to 59.3 minutes
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The area of the regular octagon is 10.15 cm2.

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A
1.27 cm
B
1.75 cm
C
2.33 cm
D
2.54 cm
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Right triangle XYZ has a right angle at vertex Y and a hypotenuse that measures 24 cm. Angle ZXY measures 70o.What is the length of line segment XY? Round to the nearest tenth.

A
8.2 cm
B
8.7 cm
C
22.6 m
D
25.5 cm
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The probability for event A is 0.3, the probability for event B is 0.6, and the probability of events A or B is 0.8.Why are the events not mutually exclusive?

A
The sum of P(A) and P(B) is less than P(A or B).
B
The product of P(A) and P(B) is less than P(A or B).
C
The product of P(A) and P(B) is not equal to P(A or B).
D
The sum of P(A) and P(B) is not equal to P(A or B).
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The height of the equilateral triangle below is 15 units. What is the value of x?

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A
15 StartRoot 3 EndRoot
Option A
B
30 StartRoot 3 EndRoot
Option B
C
StartFraction 15 Over StartRoot 3 EndRoot EndFraction
Option C
D
StartFraction 30 Over StartRoot 3 EndRoot
Option D
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Two students created a game of dice. They determined that each roll would add the value of the die if it was an odd number. If the roll was even, it would subtract the value of the die. (For example, a roll of 2 would subtract two points, but a roll of 3 would add three points.) What is the expected value for this game?

A
–3
B
–0.5
C
0
D
0.5

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