Ms. Sutton recorded the word counts and scores of the top ten essays in a timed writing contest. The table shows her data.
[tex]\begin{table}
\captionsetup{labelformat=empty}
\caption{Winning Essay Length}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Essay \\
Rank
\end{tabular} & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Essay \\
Score
\end{tabular} & 9.7 & 9.5 & 9.5 & 9.0 & 8.9 & 8.9 & 8.5 & 8.4 & 8.2 & 7.0 \\
\hline \begin{tabular}{c}
Word \\
Count
\end{tabular} & 324 & 352 & 337 & 318 & 299 & 304 & 290 & 291 & 278 & 250 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}[/tex]
How does the word count of an essay relate to its score in the contest?
A. Word count tends to decrease as the score decreases.
B. Word count tends to increase as the score decreases.
C. Word count tends to remain constant as the score decreases.
D. Word count has no apparent relationship to the score of the essay.
Answer (3)
It would be 120 because 4% of 125 is 5, so you subtract 5 from 125 to get 120. I am pretty sure that's how you do it
125 ∗ 100 100 − 4 = 125 ∗ 100 96 = 25 125 ∗ 24 = 5 ∗ 24 = 120
125 pounds decreased by 4% is 120 pounds, which is found by calculating 4% of 125 (which is 5) and then subtracting this value from 125.
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