State which type of average, the mean, median, or mode, would be most appropriate in the situation described. Explain your thinking.Before a mayoral election, a pollster tries to predict which candidate will win the most votes. Which average does the pollster need to know?
What will be an ideal response?
The mode. The pollster needs to know which candidate will receive the most votes - the most common "value" in the distribution, which is the mode.
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Solve the problem.Abby, Bill, Caleb, and Doris ran for president of the junior class. Bill received 60 less votes than Abby and 30 more votes than Caleb. Doris received 50 votes more than Bill. Who was the new class president?
A. Doris B. Abby C. Bill D. Caleb
Integrate the function.
dx, x < 6
A. 
+ C
B. 
+ C
C. - 
+ C
D. - 
+ C
Solve and check. Note that the equation could be an identity or a contradiction.
(r + 6) = 
(r + 8)
A. 4 B. -12 C. 3 D. -4
Solve the problem.The roof of a building is in the shape of the hyperbola 
where x and y are in meters. Determine the distance, w, the outside walls are apart, if the height of each wall is 8 m.
A. 58 m B. 7.6 m C. 15.2 m D. 8.4 m