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The largest bubble chamber in the world is 15 ft in diameter and contains 7259 gal of liquid hydrogen at a temperature of 2247°C. If the temperature is dropped by 11°C per hour for 2 consecutive hours, what is the new temperature
15 years ago
The greatest recorded temperature ranges in the world are around the “cold pole” in Siberia. Temperatures in Verkhoyansk have varied from 294°F to 98°F. What is the difference between the high and low temperatures in Verkhoyansk?
15 years ago
On each of four consecutive plays in a football game, a team lost 11 yd. If lost yardage is interpreted as a negative integer, write the information as a product of integers and determine the total number of yards lost.
15 years ago
If Jack Jones lost a total of 66 yd in 11 plays, how many yards, on the average, did he lose on each play?
15 years ago
Bill got 52 correct answers on an 80-question test. What percent of the questions did he answer incorrectly?
15 years ago
A car company is offering car loans at a simple interest rate of 4.7%. Find the interest charged to a customer who finances a car loan of $7200 for 3 yr.
15 years ago
. A real-estate broker receives 4% of an $80,000 sale. How much does the broker receive?
15 years ago
Do you think federal government involvement in education is beneficial? Why or why not?
15 years ago
Riena has six unmarked CDs in a box, where each is dedicated to exactly one of English, mathematics, French, American history, chemistry, and computer science. Answer the following questions: a. If she chooses a CD at random, what is the probability she c...
15 years ago
An estimate of the fish population of a certain pond was found by catching 200 fish and marking and returning them to the pond. The next day, 300 fish were caught, of which 50 had been marked the previous day. Estimate the fish population of the pond.
15 years ago
From a set of eight marbles, five red and three white, you choose one at random. What are the odds in favor of choosing a red marble
15 years ago
Carlin’s Pizza House offers 3 kinds of salad, 15 kinds of pizza, and 4 kinds of dessert. How many different threecourse meals can be ordered
15 years ago
Jim rolled a fair die 5 times and obtained a 3 every time. He concluded that on the next roll, a 3 is more likely to occur than the other numbers. Explain whether this is true.
15 years ago
On a roulette wheel, the probability of winning when you pick a particular number is . Suppose you bet $1.00 to play the game, and if your number is picked, you get back $36. a. Is this a fair game? b. What would happen if you played this game a large num...
15 years ago
On a certain exam, Tony corrected 10 papers and found the mean for his group to be 70. Alice corrected the remaining 20 papers and found that the mean for her group was 80. What is the mean of the combined group of 30 students?
15 years ago
On a roulette wheel are 36 slots numbered 1 through 36 and 2 slots numbered 0 and 00. You can bet on a single number. If the ball lands on your number, you receive 35 chips plus the chip you played. a. What is the probability that the ball will land on 17...
15 years ago
If the lottery with odds as in exercise 15 has a prize of $13,567,290, is buying a ticket for $1 a fair deal? Explain your answer.
15 years ago
The following are the amounts (to the nearest dollar) paid by 25 students for textbooks during the fall term: a. Draw an ordered stem and leaf plot to illustrate the data. b. Construct a grouped frequency table for the data, starting the first class at $1...
15 years ago
Four blue socks, four white socks, and four gray socks are mixed in a drawer. You pull out two socks, one at a time, without looking. a. Draw a tree diagram along with the possible outcomes and the probabilities of each branch. b. What is the probability...
15 years ago
a car depreciates in by avalue of $1000 per year. The original value of the car is $30,000. Let V(x) be the value of the car in x years. Write the linear function that represent the value of the car in x years. what will be the value of the car after 7 ye...
12 years ago
How many moles of magnesium are needed to react with 16 g of O2? 2 MgO (s) + O2 (g) → 2 MgO (s)
10 years ago
I need help in identifying a graph. I tried textbook and plugging no. with no luck All numbers on right side of (y) line. Bottom of parabola is on x=4 and y=-4, going up f(x) dot is on x=3, y=-3 (left line going up); right line going up is x=5, y= -3; goi...
10 years ago
use the midpoint formula to find endpoint c. A = (-3, 2) B is midpoint (5, -4). I know AB is I/2 of AC. I tried and got x= 14, y= -11. Correct? and how do you graph it? Thanks
10 years ago
An artist wants to make a statue of a man who is 6 feet tall. The artist wants the scale of the statue to be 3.2. What is the height of the statue?
9 years ago
The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, has the same proportions as the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The width of the Louvre Pyramid is 35.42 meters, and the width of the Great Pyramid of Giza is 0.23033 kilometers. What is the scale factor of the Louvre...
9 years ago
A cylindrical beaker has a height of 5 inches and a volume of 63 cubic inches. A scientist pours a chemical from the beaker to a similar beaker with a height that is 100% greater. What is the volume of the larger beaker?
9 years ago
A slow cooker is used to cook food slowly. The diameter of a slow cooker is 15 inches, and the volume is 1400 cubic inches. A second slow cooker has a diameter that is 20% greater. What is the volume of the larger pot?
9 years ago
A small shipping crate is a cube with a side length of 8 inches and a surface area of 384 square inches. A large shipping crate has a surface area of 864 square inches. What is the side length of the large crate?
9 years ago

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