Amos has a history text in one week (seven days), but he is behind in his reading. The test will include information from 120 pages in his textbook. Amos has already read 36 pages of his textbook, and plans to read an equal amount over the course of the week. How many pages will he need to read each night to prepare for the test? Let p represent the number of pages Amos reads each night.
1. A group of 40 first-year business students at a small university was surveyed with the
following results.
• 19 students read Business Week;
• 18 read the Wall Street Journal;
• 20 Read Fortune;
• 13 read Business Week and the Wall Street Journal;
• 11 read the Wall Street Journal and Fortune;
• 13 read Business Week and Fortune;
• 9 read all three magazines
(a) Please represent this information using a Venn Diagram
(b) How many students read. . .
i. None of these publications?
ii. Exactly 2 of these publications?
iii. At least 2 of these publications?
iv. Fortune or Business Week, but not the Wall Street Journal
v. Fortune and Business Week, but not the Wall Street Journal?
A leaf hangs from a branch 12 feet in the air. It falls to the ground at a rate of 0.25 feet per second. Which graph could represent the leaf’s height in feet as a function of time, in seconds, after leaving the branch?