Answer the question.A television manufacturer sold three times as many televisions in 1995 as it did in 1985. To illustrate this fact, the manufacturer draws a pictogram as shown below. The television on the right is three times as tall and three times as wide as the television on the left. 
Why is this pictogram misleading? What visual impression is portrayed by the pictogram?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Possible answer: The area of the television on the right is nine times (not three times) the area of the television on the left. The pictogram gives the visual impression that sales in 1995 were nine times the sales in 1985.
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A. 14 + 5
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B. 32 + 4
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C. 14 + 6
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D. 32 + 5
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Write as an addition problem and find the sum.Susan lost 9 pounds the first week, gained 6 pounds the second week, and lost 7 pounds the third week. What was her net gain or loss?
A. 9 + (-6) + 7 = -22 pounds B. 9 + (-6) + 7 = 22 pounds C. -9 + 6 + (-7) = 10 pounds D. -9 + 6 + (-7) = -10 pounds
Translate the question into an equation. Do not solve.9% of what is 25?
A. 9% = 25 × n B. 9% × n = 25 C. 9 × 25 = n D. 9 × n = 25
A delivery truck must deliver packages to 6 different store locations (A, B, C, D, E, and F). The trip must start and end at C. The graph below shows the distances (in miles) between locations. We want to minimize the total distance traveled.
The nearest-neighbor tour starting with vertex C is given by:
A. C, D, E, F, A, B, C. B. C, B, D, F, E, A, C. C. C, A, B, D, F, E, C. D. C, A, E, F, B, D, C. E. none of these