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| m67314 | At Richardson Manufacturing Company, there are two factors that determine the cost of health care. If an employee makes less than $55,000 per year, he pays $40 per month for individual coverage and $85 per month for family coverage. If an employee makes at least $55,000 per year, individual coverage is $70 per month and family coverage is $165 per month.
a. Arielle is an office assistant at Richardson. She makes $47,700 per year. She has individual health care. Her yearly contribution is 5% of the total cost. How much does her employer contribute?
b. Catherine is a department manager at Richardson. Her annual salary is $68,300. She has family health care. Her employer contributes $935 per month towards her total coverage cost. What percent does Catherine contribute toward the total coverage? |
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| m67318 | At the age of 30, Jasmine started a retirement account with $50,000 which compounded interest semi-annually with an APR of 4%. She made no further deposits. After 25 years, she decided to withdraw 50% of what had accumulated in the account so that she could con- tribute towards her grandchild s college education. She had to pay a 10% penalty on the early withdrawal. What was her penalty? |
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| m67320 | At the beginning of the year, $3500 was deposited in a savings account. One year later, $4000 was deposited in another account. The interest rate was the same for both accounts. At the end of the second year, there was a total of $8518.35 in the accounts. What was the annual interest rate? |
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| m67321 | At the end of the trading day on April 25, Texas Instruments Inc closed at $28.84, which was a + 5.22% net change from the previous day s close. What was the approximate close on the previous day? |
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| m67322 | At the Glen Island Zoo, 170 m of fencing was used to enclose a petting area of 1750 m2. Find the dimensions of the petting area. |
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| m67323 | At what price is the maximum profit reached? |
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| m67324 | Atmospheric pressure P at an altitude a is given by
P = P0e-0.00005a,
Where P0 is the pressure at sea level, approximately 14.7 lb/in2 (pounds per square inch). Explain how a barometer, or some device for measuring atmospheric pressure, can be used to find the height of a skyscraper. |
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| m67325 | Audrey works in a factory. She receives a salary of $8 per hour and piecework pay of 12 cents per unit produced. Last week she worked 38 hours and produced 755 units.
a. What was her piecework pay?
b. What was her total hourly pay for the week?
c. What was her total pay for the week?
d. What would her total weekly salary have been if she produced 0 units? |
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| m67326 | Austin deposits $2,250 into a one-year CD at an interest rate of 5.3%, compounded daily. a. What is the ending balance after the year?
b. How much interest did the account earn during the year?
c. What is the annual percentage yield? Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent. |
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| m67327 | Austin purchased shares of stock for x dollars in 2004. He sold them in 2010 for y dollars per share.
a. Express his capital gain algebraically.
b. Express his capital gain as a percent of the purchase price. |
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| m67331 | Average Cost.
The average cost per disc, in dollars, for a company to produce x discs on exercising is given by the function
a) Graph the function on the interval (0, () and complete the following:
b) Explain the meaning of the answer to part (a) in terms of the application. |
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| m67334 | Bank revenue from overdraft fees for checking accounts, ATMs, and debit cards is increasing in the United States. In 2003, account overdraft revenue was $27.1 billion. This amount is estimated to increase to $38.0 billion by 2011. Find the average rate of change in account overdraft fees from 2003 to 2011. |
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| m67335 | Barb works in a local factory. She receives 92 cents for each of the first 100 units she produces and $1.01 for each unit over 100. Yesterday, she produced 120 units. How much did Barb earn? |
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| m67369 | Based on what you learned about dividends, why are non-dividend stocks compared to baseball cards? |
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| m67379 | Beam Deflection. A beam rests at two points A and B and has a concentrated load applied to its center. Let y = the deflection, in feet, of the beam at a distance of x feet from A. Under certain conditions, this deflection is given by
y = 1/13x3 - 1/14x.
Find the zeros of the polynomial is the interval [0, 2]. |
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| m67390 | Becky is looking for a new job as an account executive. She responds to a classified ad for a position that pays 34.5K. What would Becky s weekly salary be to the nearest cent, if she gets this job? |
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| m67404 | Bentley s Office Solutions offers its sales representatives a choice between being paid a commission of 8% of sales and being paid a monthly salary of $1500 plus a commission of 1% of sales. For what monthly sales do the two plans pay the same amount? |
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| m67405 | Betsy and Rich Crosmour are married with two children. Rich is a chef and Betsy is a designer. This information was reported on their W-2 forms. Betsy and Rich received $1,287.43 in interest on bank deposits and $976 in stock dividends. Fill out a Form 1040A for Betsy and Rich. |
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| m67408 | Between any two (different) real numbers there are many other real numbers. Find each of the following. Answers may vary.
(a) An irrational number between 0.124 and 0.125
(b) A rational number between -√2.01 and -√2
(c) A rational number between - 1/101 and - 1/100 |
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| m67412 | Bill can afford a monthly payment of $475. He wants to take out a $20,000 loan at 7% interest rate. What should the length of the loan be? Round your answer to the nearest year. |
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