Mercy hospital surveyed 2,700 patients who were admitted to the hospital last year and stayed at least two nights. they were asked the following question:

how would you rate the hospital food you were served during your recent hospital visit?

the following results were obtained. if 15% or more responded that the food was poor, mercy hospital planned to add some new food choices to the patients’ menus. will they need to do so?

outstanding = 625
good = 734
fair = 822
poor = 437
don’t know = 82

a. yes, 16.2% of the patients answered “poor” on the survey.
b. yes, 26.2% of the patients answered “poor” on the survey.
c. yes, 21.8% of the patients answered “poor” on the survey.
d. yes, 16.7% of the patients answered “poor” on the survey.

The average hourly earnings for a construction worker is projected to be $24.50 in 2012. jason wants to join the construction work force after he graduates in 2012. his friend tells him that average hourly earnings for construction workers will rise by 2% from 2009 to 2012. based on the data below, assuming that the projected hourly earnings are correct, is jason’s friend’s statement accurate? construction industry - average hourly earnings, 2000-2009 a. his friend’s statement is accurate. the average hourly earnings will increase by 2%. b. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be more than 2% c. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the percent increase will be less than 2% d. his friend’s statement is not accurate. the average hourly earnings will decrease

Stefano accidentally dropped his sunglasses off the edge of a canyon as he was looking down. the height, h(t), in meters (as it relates to sea level), of the sunglasses after t seconds, is shown in the table. during its descent, the pair of sunglasses passed by a climber in the canyon 6 seconds after stefano dropped them. to the nearest meter, what is difference in elevation between stefano and the climber? 166 meters 176 meters 230 meters 240 meters its b.176 i took the test 166 is wrong and 176 is correct

The average daily maximum temperature for laura’s hometown can be modeled by the function f(x)=4.5sin(πx/6)+11.8 , where f(x) is the temperature in °c and x is the month. x = 0 corresponds to january.what is the average daily maximum temperature in may? round to the nearest tenth of a degree if needed.use 3.14 for π .