Pretest 5. In a group of 250 students, 40 are seniors. What percentage of the group are seniors?

Mathematics

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zvonat [6]3 years ago

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Answer:

$\%seniors = 16\%$

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$Students = 250$

$Seniors = 40$

Required

Determine the percentage of seniors

This is calculated as thus;

$\%seniors = \frac{Seniors}{Students} * 100\%$

$\%seniors = \frac{40}{250} * 100\%$

$\%seniors = \frac{4000\%}{250}$

$\%seniors = 16\%$

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case b. they have the same x-intercept.----> is not correct
because
the x-intercept is for y=0

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the x-intercept is the point (6/35,0)

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m1*m2=-1-------> this condition is not satisfied

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the y intercept is the point (0,-6)

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the y intercept is the point (0,-6)

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see the attached figure