2. A portion of a map with cities A and B
is shown. The map uses a scale of 1 inch
to 30 miles. A new map has a scale of
2 inches = 15 miles. How far apart are
cities A and B on the new map?
3 inches

According to statistics a person will devote 32 years to sleeping and watching tv. the number of years sleeping will exceed the number of years watching tv by 18. over a lifetime, how many years will the person spend on each of these activities

Martha has a deck of cards. she has lost some of the cards, and now the deck only contains nine spades, eleven diamonds, eight clubs, and twelve hearts. martha predicts that whenever she draws a card from the deck without looking, she will draw a club one-fifth of the time. which activity would best allow martha to test her prediction? a. randomly draw a card from the box and see if it is a club. b. randomly draw a card. then, continue to draw another card until all eight clubs are drawn. c. randomly draw and replace a card 120 times. then, observe how close to 30 times a club is drawn. d. randomly draw and replace a card 100 times. then, observe how close to 20 times a club is drawn.

2.12 school absences. data collected at elementary schools in dekalb county, ga suggest that each year roughly 25% of students miss exactly one day of school, 15% miss 2 days, and 28% miss 3 or more days due to sickness.61 (a) what is the probability that a student chosen at random doesn’t miss any days of school due to sickness this year? (b) what is the probability that a student chosen at random misses no more than one day? (c) what is the probability that a student chosen at random misses at least one day? (d) if a parent has two kids at a dekalb county elementary school, what is the probability that neither kid will miss any school? note any assumption you must make to answer this question. (e) if a parent has two kids at a dekalb county elementary school, what is the probability that both kids will miss some school, i.e. at least one day? note any assumption you make.