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COMAP - For All Practical Purposes 7/e (Homework)

Chris Read

W.H. Freeman, section 1, Fall 2010

Instructor: Mr. Freeman

Current Score : 0 / 26

Due : Sunday, August 29, 2010 07:00 PM EDT

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Here are some textbook questions from For All Practical Purposes 7/e by The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications published by W. H. Freeman. Click here for a list of all of the questions coded in WebAssign.


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This demo assignment allows more submissions than recommended.

For this assignment, questions that are randomized can be answered for practice before submitting for grading.



1. –/8 points Notes Question: FAPP7 1.E.004.
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The graph below shows the stores and roads connecting them in a small shopping mall.

(a) How many stores does the mall have?
Answer is not case sensitive.

(b) How many roads connect up the stores in the mall?
Answer is not case sensitive.

(c) Write down a path from C to F that uses only two roads.
Answer is not case sensitive.
 to
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 to
Answer is not case sensitive.

(d) Write down a path from E to B that uses only two roads.
Answer is not case sensitive.
 to
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 to
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2. –/2 points Notes Question: FAPP7 2.E.030.
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A restaurant offers 2 soups, 14 entrees, and 6 desserts. How many different choices for a meal can a customer make if one selection is made from each category?
Enter a number.
 meals

If 3 of the desserts are pies and the customer will never order pie, how many meals can the customer choose?
Enter a number.
 meals

3. –/4 points Notes Question: FAPP7 3.E.016.
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To prepare a meal quickly involves carrying out the tasks shown (time lengths in minutes) in the following order-requirement digraph.

(a) If Mike prepares the meal alone, how long will it take?
Answer is not case sensitive.
 minutes
(b) If Mike can talk Mary into helping him prepare the meal, how long will it take them if the tasks are scheduled using the list T7, T4, T8, T2, T6, T1, T3, T9, T5 and the list-processing algorithm?
Answer is not case sensitive.
 minutes
(c) If Mike can talk Mary and Jack into helping him prepare the meal, how long will it take if the tasks are scheduled using the same list as in part (b)?
Answer is not case sensitive.
 minutes
(d) What would be a reasonable set of criteria for choosing a priority list in this situation? (Select all that apply.)




4. –/9 points Notes Question: FAPP7 4.E.006.
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For each description, write one or more appropriate resource-constraint inequalities. The unknown to use for each product is given in parentheses.
(a) One bridesmaid's bouquet (x) requires 2 roses, and one corsage (y) requires 4 roses. There are 34 roses available.
Enter a mathematical expression.
Enter a number.


(b) Maintaining a large tree (x) takes 2 hours of pruning time and 30 minutes of shredder time; maintaining a small tree (y) takes 20 minutes of pruning time and 45 minutes of shredder time. There are 40 hours of pruning time and 3 hours of shredder time available.
Enter a mathematical expression.
Enter a number.
 (pruning time)
Enter a mathematical expression.
Enter a number.
 (shredding time)
Click here for help with symbolic formatting.

5. –/3 points Notes Question: FAPP7 5.E.024.
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The data for the figure includes the incomes of 14,959 people whose highest level of education is a bachelor's degree.
(a) From the boxplot, about what is the median income of people with a bachelor's degree?
$
Enter a number.

(b) About what are the numerical values of Q1 and Q3 for people with a bachelor's degree?
Enter a number.
 (Q1)
Enter a number.
 (Q3)

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