Math 107 EXAM QUESTIONS 2024.
There is no missing dollar. - ANSWER Three guests checked into a hotel and paid $45 for their shared room. A while later, the desk clerk realized that the room should have cost only $40, so she gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three guests. The bellhop realized that $5 couldn't be divided evenly among the three guests, so he kept $2 and gave $1 to each of the guests. It seems that each guest has spent $14 for the room (which makes $42) and the bellhop has $2, for a total of $44. Where is the missing dollar?
The argument is deceptive because it assumes that many people readingTh Shakespeare's plays is evidence that those people actually like Shakespeare. Appeal to Popularity - ANSWER Everyone loves Shakespeare, because his plays have been read for many centuries.
no - ANSWER Half of the class consists of communication majors, and half of the class consists of men. Does it follow that one quarter of the class is male communication majors?
Big circle steep, little circle hills inside steep, and X inside of hills. Argument valid but not sound. - ANSWER Premise:
All hills are steep.
Premise:
El Mound is a hill.
Conclusion:
El Mound is steep.
Specify if there were 350 people on each jet or both jets combined. - ANSWER Explain how the following
quote is ambiguous.
Two jumbo jets with more than 350 people aboard nearly collided during a landing attempt.
Gained 800 - ANSWER A woman bought a dining table for $300 and then sold it for $800. She bought it back for $600 and then sold it again for $900. How much did she gain or lose on these transactions? deductive - ANSWER Identify the argument as inductive or deductive.
Every coach must know his sport well. Marty Wright is a baseball coach, so Marty Wright knows baseball
well.
The statement does not make sense because propositions are not questions. - ANSWER Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
My logical proposition is a question that you must answer.
Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
The rate of return on our fund increased by 50%, to 15%. - ANSWER The statement makes sense because if the rate of return on our fund increased by 50%, to 15%, then the previous rate is 10%, which makes sense.
Fill in the blank.
The retail cost of a TV is 40 % more than its wholesale cost. Therefore, the retail cost is ____ times the wholesale cost. - ANSWER 1.40
Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
Baggage screening machines are 98% accurate in identifying bags that contain banned materials. Therefore, if the screening shows a bag that contains banned materials, then it almost certainly does. - ANSWER The statement does not make senseTh because, depending on the proportion of true positives
to total positives, the actual percentage of bags that show banned materials and actually have banned materials could be quite low.
When we chart the price of milk in 1995 dollars we find that it has become slightly more expensive, but when we chart it in 1975 dollars we find that it has become cheaper. - ANSWER The statement does not make sense because the same trend would be seen regardless of what kind of dollars are used.
There is no missing dollar. - ANSWER Three guests checked into a hotel and paid $45 for their shared room. A while later, the desk clerk realized that the room should have cost only $40, so she gave the bellhop $5 to return to the three guests. The bellhop realized that $5 couldn't be divided evenly among the three guests, so he kept $2 and gave $1 to each of the guests. It seems that each guest has spent $14 for the room (which makes $42) and the bellhop has $2, for a total of $44. Where is the missing dollar?
The argument is deceptive because it assumes that many people readingTh Shakespeare's plays is evidence that those people actually like Shakespeare. Appeal to Popularity - ANSWER Everyone loves Shakespeare, because his plays have been read for many centuries.
no - ANSWER Half of the class consists of communication majors, and half of the class consists of men. Does it follow that one quarter of the class is male communication majors?
Big circle steep, little circle hills inside steep, and X inside of hills. Argument valid but not sound. - ANSWER Premise:
All hills are steep.
Premise:
El Mound is a hill.
Conclusion:
El Mound is steep.
Specify if there were 350 people on each jet or both jets combined. - ANSWER Explain how the following
quote is ambiguous.
Two jumbo jets with more than 350 people aboard nearly collided during a landing attempt.
Gained 800 - ANSWER A woman bought a dining table for $300 and then sold it for $800. She bought it back for $600 and then sold it again for $900. How much did she gain or lose on these transactions? deductive - ANSWER Identify the argument as inductive or deductive.
Every coach must know his sport well. Marty Wright is a baseball coach, so Marty Wright knows baseball
well.
The statement does not make sense because propositions are not questions. - ANSWER Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
My logical proposition is a question that you must answer.
Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
The rate of return on our fund increased by 50%, to 15%. - ANSWER The statement makes sense because if the rate of return on our fund increased by 50%, to 15%, then the previous rate is 10%, which makes sense.
Fill in the blank.
The retail cost of a TV is 40 % more than its wholesale cost. Therefore, the retail cost is ____ times the wholesale cost. - ANSWER 1.40
Decide whether the following statement makes sense (or is clearly true) or does not make sense (or is clearly false). Explain your reasoning.
Baggage screening machines are 98% accurate in identifying bags that contain banned materials. Therefore, if the screening shows a bag that contains banned materials, then it almost certainly does. - ANSWER The statement does not make senseTh because, depending on the proportion of true positives
to total positives, the actual percentage of bags that show banned materials and actually have banned materials could be quite low.
When we chart the price of milk in 1995 dollars we find that it has become slightly more expensive, but when we chart it in 1975 dollars we find that it has become cheaper. - ANSWER The statement does not make sense because the same trend would be seen regardless of what kind of dollars are used.
