Compare the energy released by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 compared to another quake with a magnitude of 5.0. 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.

Suppose that the average annual college tuition is expressed by the formula  where n is the number of years since 2017. Which one of the following accurately describes this growth?

What is the Fibonacci number that follows 21 and 34?

If 20 assembly members are to represent 10,000 citizens, the standard divisor is 500. 

For a certain 2-week period, the number of people testing positive for a new virus doubled every 3 days. This is exponential growth.

Hamilton’s Method of apportionment changes (adjusts) the standard divisor.

Which statement below is correct concerning apportionment methods?

Another community college is considering how to offer courses. Their  faculty members were asked to rank these three options. The results are as follows.  This time, use the Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) to determine the winner. # of votes 11 14 15 10 1st choice R H F H 2nd choice H R H F 3rd choice F F R R Write ONLY your answer in the response box. Show your work which justifies your answer ON YOUR PAPER. No credit is given unless you justify your answer.

Imagine a Magic Dollar bill, which makes a clone of itself (thus doubling in number) every night. On May 1, you found one Magic Dollar bill. On May 2, there were two Magic Dollar bill. On May 3, there were four, and so on.  How many Magic Dollar Bills will there be on May 26? 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.

Hamilton’s Method for apportionment could result in the Alabama Paradox.