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The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving percentages, distance, combinations, sequences, simplifications, population growth, transformations, and geometry. It includes calculations for annual percentage yield, elimination methods for speed, combinations of singers and piano players, arrangements of musicians, and various algebraic simplifications. Additionally, it addresses population projections and geometric transformations.

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Math #15

The document contains a series of mathematical problems involving percentages, distance, combinations, sequences, simplifications, population growth, transformations, and geometry. It includes calculations for annual percentage yield, elimination methods for speed, combinations of singers and piano players, arrangements of musicians, and various algebraic simplifications. Additionally, it addresses population projections and geometric transformations.

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26. Find the annual percentage yield for an account

earning 6.7% annual interest compounded quarterly.

Round your percentage to two places after the decimal

point(so an answer of 12.9763% would be entered as

12.98).

27. Solve with elimination: A plan traveled 416 miles to

Des Moines and back. The trip there was with the wind. It

took 4 hours. The trip back was into the wind. The trip

back took 8 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air

and the speed of the wind.

28. 3 singers are each looking for a piano player to

accompany them. There are 4 piano players available. How

many different pairs of singer and piano player are

possible?
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29. A string quartet has members that play these

instruments: cello, bass, violin and viola. In how many

different ways can these 4 musicians arrange themselves

in a row onstage?

30. After the first term 2, ea. term of the sequence, 2, 6,

18, .. is obtained by multiplying the preceding term by 3.

Which of the terms in the sequence is divisible by 3^4?

31. Simplify: (2x + 5)(3x - 7)

32. The following graph shows data for a particular SUV

driven on city streets. Suppose a compact car can travel

twice as far as the SUV on the same amount of gas.


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Answer the following questions. Please show all of your

work. At what rate does the SUV consume gas? At what

rate does the compact car consume gas? What is the

amount of gasoline used by the compact car after 120

miles?

33. In the year 2000, Texas' population was about 20.85

million. In 2006, the population had increased by 12.7%.

a. Assuming this growth continued what should Texas

population today be?

b. In what year will the population reach about 30 million?


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34. Triangle ABC has sides measuring 10cm. If ABC

undergoes a size transformation of magnitude 4...what

would the new lengths of the sides be?

35. On a map, Elmwood Drive passes through R (4, -11)

and S(0, -9), and Taylor Road passes through J(6, -2) and

K(4, -5). If they are straight lines, are the two streets

perpendicular? Explain.

36. Fcator completely: 3x4 - 3w4x4

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