Exam 4: Automobile Ownership

The ratio of driving accidents that occur in Ohio while texting to those that are not a result of distracted driving is 7:2.If there were 972 accidents on Ohio roads,how many of them were due to texting?

Don buys a car valued at $25,000.When the car was new,it sold for $32,000.If the car depreciates exponentially at a rate of 7% per year,about how old is the car?

Saheel has $20,000 property damage insurance and $5,000 comprehensive and collision insurance with a $500 deductible.One evening he slides on a patch of ice and hits a parked car,causing $4,500 worth of damage.The accident causes $1,750 of damage to his own car.How much will the insurance pay to fix both cars?

A car that Sophia wants to buy costs $21,000.She does research and finds that after 14 years the car depreciates to a value of zero.If the car depreciates in straight line form,write the straight line depreciation equation.

Jeanette buys decals for her car from every state she visits.She made a list of the prices: $0.99,$5.10,$1.59,$1.99,$2.99,$0.80,$1.99,$1.99,$2.99,$1.59,$0.99,$3.49,and $0.80.Find the mean.

Benjamin currently pays $1,080 for his annual car insurance premium.He is in the Marines and will be deployed for the next 9 months.Since his car will be used much less,there is less risk for the insurance company and it offers him a 66% discount for his annual premium while on deployment.What is the amount he must save each month while on deployment to be able to pay for the discounted premium? When Benjamin returns,his premium will revert to the amount prior to deployment.What will his total premium for the year be?

Yolanda wants to buy a fuel-efficient car.She finds one that can travel 465 miles on one tank of gas.If the gas tank holds 15 gallons,the car gets about 41 miles per gallon.

In the box-and-whisker plot below,50% of the data is between 30 and 70. ​

Maria works for an online auto trader.She makes a piecewise function to show the cost to place an online advertisement. ​ ​ What is the cusp of the function?

A car traveling on asphalt makes a sudden stop.The drag factor of the road is 0.7 and the brakes are operating at 90% efficiency.If the car leaves 4 distinct skid marks that are 60 feet long,then the car was traveling about 37 miles per hour.

Cherie pays her car insurance monthly.Her annual premium is $984.Each month she is charged a $2 convenience fee.If her annual premium is divided equally into twelve monthly payments,how much is her monthly insurance payment?

Property damage liability pays for injuries to a driver or their passengers caused by an uninsured or underinsured driver.

Gretchen has 50/100/50 liability insurance with a $500 deductible.While parked on the street,another car hits hers and then leaves the scene.There was $2,350 worth of damage.How much of the cost will her insurance pay?

How many feet and inches does a car traveling at 48 miles per hour cover in one second?

Lawrence recently purchased a new car for $32,000.His research through Kelly Blue Book gave him a straight-line depreciation model of y = −3,500x + 32,000.He hopes to sell the car after its value has decreased by 40%.Lawrence's car payment is $630 per month for 60 months.How many months will it take before he tries to sell his car? If he is successful in selling the car for his goal price,what will the cost of the car have been per month after he pays off his loan?

Kenya is driving on the highway at a speed of 75 mph.She sees an accident about 500 feet ahead and must come to a complete stop.Should Kenya swerve to avoid a collision with the accident ahead?

Monte recorded the gas mileage,in miles per hour,of ten cars he is considering buying: 34,27,30,24,28,31,42,30,29,and 19.Put the data in a stem-and-leaf plot.

Craig is an accident reconstructionist.He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths.He finds their measures to be 85 ft,92 ft,88 ft,and 90 ft.It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 0.8.Because he does not know the efficiency of the driver's brakes,he assumes a brake efficiency of 80%.What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

Tony shops around for a new muffler for his car and gets these estimates: $145,$195,$150,$135,$169,$210,and $160.What are the four quartiles?