Suppose that the average annual college tuition is expressed by the formula  where n is the number of years since 2018. Which one of the following accurately describes this growth?

Suppose that the number of registered voters in a community was 900 in the year 2010 and it has been increasing by 4% every year.  Calculate the number of registered voters in the community in the year 2020. Write ONLY your answer in the response box. Show your work which justifies your answer ON YOUR PAPER, which you will submit after this online portion is completed.

Compare the energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 compared to another quake with a magnitude of 6.0. Write a complete sentence to answer this question.  Write ONLY your answer in the response box. Show your work which justifies your answer ON YOUR PAPER.  

Which method of apportionment is the best (fairest) one?

Your friend tosses two coins, and you win $100 if you get two Tails but loses $40 if you don’t get two Tails. What is your expected value each time your friend tosses two coins?

Suppose that the number of people infected with COVID-19 in a certain country has been doubling every week, and there are 3,200 infected people today. When were there only 100 infected people in that country?

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) expected value (2) linear vs. exponential growth (3) musical scales and harmony (4) apportionment methods by Hamilton and Jefferson Use the response box below. You do not have to use any mathematical notation or symbols. 

Five candidates are running in an election, and voters are to rank them in the order of preference. In how many ways can a voter rank the five candidates?  

Which one of the following is an approximate value of the Golden Ratio”

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