way to determine popular opinion is for each of the 10 members of the student council to
poll 10 of their friends and select the theme that receives the most votes. Vice President
Vaidya wants to go to the cafeteria during lunch and poll 100 students to determine the
winner. Treasurer Thompson says the best method would be to assign numbers to each of
the 1,000 students in the school, randomly select 100 of them to poll, and select the winner
based on the results. Secretary Stephens argues that they must poll each of the 250
members of the senior class to find the most popular theme. Whose method is most likely
to accurately determine overall student opinion regarding the most popular homecoming
theme?
A) President Peterson
B) Secretary Stephens
C) Treasurer Thompson
D) Vice-President Vaidya
22 .Is the point (–2, –2) located inside, on, or outside the circle with equation (x + 3)^2 + (y –
1)^2 = 9 ?
A) Inside the circle
B) On the circle
C) Outside the circle
D) It cannot be determined from the given information.
23 .If the expression is most nearly equal to −C, then what is the value of C ?
A) –3
B) −
C) 2
D) 3
24 .A survey was conducted among a randomly chosen sample of full-time salaried workers
about satisfaction in their current jobs. The table below shows a summary of the survey
results.
Reported Job Satisfaction by Education Level (in thousands)
Highest Level of Education Satisfied Not Satisfied No Response Total
High School Diploma 17,880 12,053 2,575 32,508
Bachelor’s Degree 24,236 8,496 3,442 36,174
Master’s Degree 17,605 5,324 1,861 24,790
Doctoral Degree 12,210 2,081 972 15,263
Total 71,931 27,954 8,850 108,735
Of the people whose highest level of education was a bachelor’s degree who reported job