Basic Mathematics for College Students

(Nandana) #1

  1. JURY DUTY The results of a jury service
    questionnaire are shown below. Determine how many
    of the 20,000 respondents have served on neither a
    criminal court nor a civil court jury.

  2. ELECTRONIC POLL For the Internet poll shown
    below, the first choice was clicked on 124 times, the
    second choice was clicked on 27 times, and both the
    first and second choices were clicked on 19 times.
    How many times was the third choice, “Neither”
    clicked on?

  3. THE SOLAR SYSTEM The graph below shows
    some important characteristics of the nine planets in
    our solar system. How many planets are neither rocky
    nor have moons?


Rocky planets
Planets with moons
Rocky planets with moons

4
7
2

Internet Poll You may vote for more than one.
Cut down on driving
Buy a more fuel-efficient car
Neither

Number of people voting 178

What would
you do if
gasoline
reached
$5.50 a
gallon?

997
103
35

Served on a criminal court jury
Served on a civil court jury
Served on both

Jury Service Questionnaire

APPLICATIONS 62. WORKING TWO JOBS Andres, Barry, and Carl
each have a completely different pair of jobs from the
following list: jeweler, musician, painter, chauffeur,
barber, and gardener. Use the facts below to find the
two occupations of each man.


  1. The painter bought a ring from the jeweler.

  2. The chauffeur offended the musician by laughing
    at his mustache.

  3. The chauffeur dated the painter’s sister.

  4. Both the musician and the gardener used to go
    hunting with Andres.

  5. Carl beat both Barry and the painter at monopoly.

  6. Barry owes the gardener $100.

  7. Describe deductive reasoning and inductive
    reasoning.

  8. Describe a real-life situation in which you might use
    deductive reasoning.

  9. Describe a real-life situation in which you might use
    inductive reasoning.

  10. Write a problem in such a way that the diagram
    below can be used to solve it.


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WRITING


A-30 Appendix III Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

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