What is log (10,000)?

Choose ONE of the following topics and USER YOUR OWN WORDS to write a brief summary (a sentence or two) on the topic. 5 points will be given for a correct and mathematically significant statement. DO NOT USE FANCY LANGUAGE OR DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS YOU MAY FIND ON THE INTERNET. KEEP YOUR WORDS AT THE LEVEL OF THIS COURSE.  Then, you can pick ONE extra topic FROM THIS SAME LIST for 5 bonus points.  (1) logarithmic scale (2) permutations and combinations (3) Borda count as a method of election (4) compound vs simple interest Use the response box below. You do not have to use any mathematical notation or symbols. 

A city has three libraries and 15 librarians. Use Hamilton’s Method to determine how many librarians each library should get. (Hint: first, find the standard divisor.) Library Residents Quota Min. Q. Remainder Librarians East 3200 South 4500 North 7300 15,000 Write ONLY your answers (the right column) in the box below. On your own paper, show all your work and justify your answers. You will be submitting the paper at the end of this test. You should copy the entire table.    

Suppose the length of a baseball game is normally distributed with a mean of 150 minutes and a standard deviation of 20 minutes. Then, the z-score (z-value) of a game that lasts for 170 minutes is 

In a sociology study, researchers have discovered that children who play the violin while in middle school end up earning more money as adults. Therefore, it is valid to conclude that playing the violin leads to higher income. 

Jefferson’s Method of apportionment is the fairest of all because it favors smaller states.

A market researcher is surveying 50 people he met in a shopping mall when he went there last Thursday afternoon. Which sampling method is used here?

The answer to the question “What is your occupation?” is a quantitative type of data.

The following options are available for a mortgage:  30-year mortgage with monthly payments of $1818.60. 15-year mortgage with monthly payments of $2879.21.  How much will you save overall (for the term of the mortgage) by choosing Option 2 (the shorter loan) compared to Option 1? Write ONLY your answer(s) in the box below. On your own paper, show all your work and justify your answer(s). You will be submitting the paper at the end of this test. 

Which one of the following is logically equivalent to the statement “If you are under 18, you cannot vote”?