Percentages - high school - practice problems - page 2 of 30
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- Discrete and continuous
2,3,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7 Assume the scores are measurements of a Discrete variable and find the median. Assume the scores are measurements of a continuous variable and find the median by locating the precise midpoint of the distribution. - Bank deposits
At the end of each quarter, Patti deposits $1,400 into an account that pays 10% interest compounded quarterly. How much will Patti have in the account in three years? Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator round your final answer to the neares - A disease
A disease affects 10% of the individuals in a population, and a sample of 100 people was selected from the population. What is the probability of finding the disease in at least 15 people? - False positive, false negative
Suppose the likelihood of someone being allergic to cats is 1/1000 of the general population. A test to determine if you're allergic to cats has a false positive rate of 5%; that is, 5% of the time, the test will indicate incorrectly that you are allergic
- A company 2
A company invests 51000. After 4 years of growth at the same rate each year, the investment is worth 68920. Find the annual growth rate as a percentage. - Find median
What is the median value in this list? 6/10,1/2,0.9,75%,0.03 - Repairs
A small repair shop orders parts for its repairs. Its supplier claims that only 2% of its parts are defective. In order of 500 parts, an employee takes a sample of 100 parts. Determine the likelihood that the employee finds three or more parts are defecti - Chelsea
Chelsea Donahue has a 20-year home mortgage of $74000 at 7.50% interest and will pay a $534 annual insurance premium. Her annual property tax will be $1534. Find her monthly PITI payment. - In 1970
In 1970 the population was 24,000. In 1980 the population was 28,800. By what percent did the population increase?
- Suppose 8
Suppose the scores on a test have a normal distribution with X=74 and a standard deviation of s=18. What percentage of students have scores higher than 90? What percentage of students have scores between 70 and 85? Twenty percent of the students do better - Passenger 18
Passenger and freight trains are operated between stations I and II, where the distance between stations is 16 km. The speed of the passenger trains is 100km/h, and the speed of the freight trains is 60km/h for a single-line railway track. The waiting tim - Deposited 83235
A student deposited €500 in a savings bank at 2.5% interest. In what time (in years) will he earn as much interest as he invested? - Subtended 83194
A circle k with a center at point S and a radius of 6 cm is given. Calculate the size of the central angle subtended by a chord 10 cm long. - Millimeters 82983
Determine what thickness of the shielding material will be required if we reduce the radiation to 3% of the original value if we know that a thickness of 6 mm will reduce the level of the same radiation by 9%. Round up to the whole value in millimeters (t
- Observatories 82707
Target C is observed from two artillery observatories, A and B, 296m apart. At the same time, angle BAC = 52°42" and angle ABC = 44°56". Calculate the distance of the target from observatory A. - Calculate 82696
In the triangle ABC, b=5 cm, c=6 cm, /BAC/ = 80° are given. Calculate the sizes of the other sides and angles, and further determine the sizes of the tangent tc and the area of the triangle. - Calculation 82612
Let's assume that the interest in the bank is 10% and that we have saved €1000. 10% may seem like a good investment. However, if inflation is 6%, how much can we save in the bank in real terms? For the simplicity of the calculation, the income is not taxe - Concentrations 82563
In the hospital laboratory, two containers contained different concentrations of alcohol. After mixing 10 liters of alcohol from the first container with 14 liters from the second container, 75% of the alcohol was formed. If 40 liters from the first conta - Right-angled 82471
The lengths a = 7.2 cm and b = 10.4 cm are dropped in the right-angled triangle ABC. Do the math a) lengths of the sections of the hypotenuse b) height on the hypotenuse c
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