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Example Question #21 : Interpretation Of Tables And Graphs
The above is an annual income tax table for married couples for a given state.
Mr. Clarke earned a monthly salary of throughout last year; Mrs. Clarke earned a monthly salary of , although she started on April 1. Also the couple claimed interest earnings of and in stock dividends. How much will the couple pay in income tax for that year (nearest dollar)?
The correct answer is not among the other choices.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarke earned a total of
(noting that Mrs. Clarke worked for nine months)
This places them in the highest tax bracket, so they will pay $810 plus 2.3% of their income over $80,000:
Round this to $2,756.
Example Question #3 : How To Read Tables
The above is an annual income tax table for single persons in a given state.
Michael earned per month over a one-year period in his regular job. He also claimed in interest income and in stock dividends. Based on the above table, which of the following comes closest to the amount of income tax he will pay?
From salary, interest, and dividends, Michael earned
,
putting him in the 1.3% tax bracket.
His income tax will be
making $500 the correct response.
Example Question #4 : How To Read Tables
What is the probability of rolling a single die and it landing on 2 and 4?
When you roll on die you can only get one possible value facing up. The expression "the probability of getting a 2 and 4" means that they both occur at the same time. Since you can not get two results with one die, the probability must be .
Example Question #4 : How To Read Tables
What is the probability of rolling a single die and it landing on 2 and 4?
When you roll on die you can only get one possible value facing up. The expression "the probability of getting a 2 and 4" means that they both occur at the same time. Since you can not get two results with one die, the probability must be .
Example Question #3 : How To Read Tables
Column1 | Column2 |
1 | 0 |
2 | 0 |
3 | 2 |
4 | 3 |
5 | 4 |
6 | 5 |
7 | 8 |
8 | 8 |
9 | 8 |
10 | 8 |
11 | 5 |
12 | 0 |
Looking the the table given above, what is the range of the data set?
The range of the data is the difference between the highest and lowest independent variable values.
In this set, the lowest is and the highest is .
The difference between these two is .
Example Question #25 : Interpretation Of Tables And Graphs
A popular word game uses one hundred tiles, each of which is marked with a letter or a blank. The distribution of the tiles is shown above, with each letter paired with the number of tiles marked with that letter. Notice that there are two blank tiles.
In the game, the four letters that are the most difficult to play are the "J", the "Q", the "X", and the "Z". John and Jane, who are in third grade, agree to remove these letters. After this is done, what percent of the letter tiles are marked with consonants (Note: "Y" counts as a consonant)?
The easiest way to count the consonants is to count the vowels and blanks first.
There are nine "A" tiles, twelve "E" tiles, nine "I" tiles, eight "O" tiles, four "U" tiles, and two "blanks". This is a total of
tiles that are not consonants.
There are 96 tiles left after the removal of the "J", the "Q", the "X", and the "Z". Therefore, the number of consonants remaining is
, which is
This rounds to 54%.
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