A certain car averages 25 miles per gallon of gasoline when driven in the city and 40 miles per gallon when driven on the highway. According to these rates, which of the following is closest to the number of miles per gallon that the car averages when it is driven 10 miles in the city and then 50 miles on the highway?
For one toss of a certain coin, the probability that the outcome is heads is 0.6. If this coin is tossed 5 times, which of the following is the probability that the outcome will be heads at least 4 times?
In May Mrs. Lee's earnings were 60 percent of the Lee family's total income. In June Mrs. Lee earned 20 percent more than in May. If the rest of the family's income was the same both months, then, in June, Mrs. Lee's earnings were approximately what percent of the Lee family's total income?
A television manufacturer produces 600 units of a certain model each month at a cost to the manufacturer of $90 per unit and all of the produced units are sold each month. What is the minimum selling price per unit that will ensure that the monthly profit (revenue from sales minus the manufacturer's cost to produce) on the sales of these units will be at least $42,000 ?
Of the 800 employees of Company X, 70 percent have been with the company for at least ten years. If y of these "long-term" members were to retire and no other employee changes were to occur, what value of y would reduce the percent of "long-term" employees in the company to 60 percent?
If ~$2^{x}2^{y}=8$~ and ~$9^{x}3^{y}=81$~, then(x, y) = ?
The maximum temperatures, in degrees Fahrenheit, recorded in a city on 5 consecutive days were x + 3, 95, 87, x + 7, and x. If the average (arithmetic mean) of these temperatures was 90 degrees Fahrenheit, what is the value of x ?
If ~$3^{x}-3^{x-1}=162$~, then ~$x\left ( x-1 \right )=$~ ?
If ~$2^{x}3^{y}=288$~, wherex and y are positive integers, then ~$2^{x-1}3^{y-2}=$~ ?
From a group of 21 astronauts that includes 12 people with previous experience in space flight, a 3-person crew is to be selected so that exactly 1 person in the crew has previous experience in space flight. How many different crews of this type are possible?