Doug is going to ride his bicycle 3,000 miles across the United States, from coast to coast. He wants to choose the route that will give him the greatest chance of success. Here's what he finds in his research:

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There have been 2 attempts on the northern route from Maine to Washington. Both of those riders made it 2,000 miles and quit in Montana. There have been 19 attempts on the central route from Virginia to California; 9 of those riders didn't make it out of Virginia and the other 10 made it all the way to the Pacific. There have been 32 attempts on the southern route from Florida to San Diego. One of those riders made it the whole way. Another realized he was out of shape, and quit before he even started. The other 30 riders quit somewhere in Texas. They were evenly distributed between 1 , 300 and 1 , 700 miles. For the northern route, the median distance covered will be the mean. For the central route, the median distance covered will be the mean. For the southern route, the median distance covered will likely be the mean

answer : Doug should choose the Central route

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of Available routes = 3

Northern route ; Total distance covered =  2000 miles

Central route : Total distance between Virginia and California = 2818.5 miles

percentage of success = 10 / 19 * 100 = 52.63 %

Mean distance covered = 2818.5 * 52.63% = 1483.38 miles

southern route  

Distance to be covered = 2,548 miles

number of attempts = 32

percentage of success = 1 = ( 1 / 32) * 100 = 3.12%

median distance covered by 30 riders = 1300 + ( 400 / 30 ) = 1313.33

Conclusion :

Doug should choose central route because it has the highest percentage of success and longest distance covered  ( i.e. closest to 3000 miles ) and it is also coast to coast

a) $ 9.50

b) 17

c) y-intercept (0, 12). this is the initial amount of money that joe had prior to playing any game.

d) x-intercept ( 24, 0). this is the number of games that joe will play before he depletes the initial amount of money that he had.

e) slope is -0.5. joe's balance will reduce by 0.5 for every game that he plays.

f)

domain; [0,24]

range; [0,12]

g) x + 2y = 24

step-by-step explanation:

a)

if joe plays 5 games, this will imply that x = 5. substitute x = 5 in the equation and solve for y;

y = -.50x + 12

y = -0.50(5) + 12

y = 9.50

b)

if joe leaves the arcade with $3.50, this will mean that y = 3.50. plug in y = 3.50 in the given equation and solve for x;

y = -.50x + 12

3.50 = -0.50x + 12

0.50x = 12 - 3.50

0.5x = 8.5

x = 17

c)

the function given is   y = -.50x + 12.

the y-intercept is the point where the graph of this function will intersect the y-axis. at this point, the value of x is usually 0. plug in x = 0 in the given equation and determine y;

y = -0.50(0) + 12

y = 12

the y-intercept is thus (0, 12). this is the initial amount of money that joe had prior to playing any game.

d)

the x-intercept refers to the point where the graph of a function intersects with the x-axis. at this point, the value of y is 0. substitute y = 0 in the given equation and solve for x;

0 =   -.50x + 12

0.5x = 12

x = 24

x-intercept ( 24, 0). this is the number of games that joe will play before he depletes the initial amount of money that he had.

e)

the slope of the given equation is -0.5. the equation has been given in slope-intercept form. thus the slope is simply the coefficient of x.

joe's balance will reduce by 0.5 for every game that he plays. this is the interpretation of the slope.

f)

domain is the set of x values for which the function is real and defined. the domain will thus be; [0,24]. this will restrict the balance to only assume positive values.

on the other hand, the range is the set of y values for which a function is real and defined. the range in our case will be [0,12]. joe can have between $0 and $12 balance.

g)

the standard form of the equation of a straight line is;

ax + by = c

where a, b, and c are integers.

our equation is given as;

y = -.50x + 12

re-writing the equation we have;

0.5x + y = 12

divide all through by 0.5;

x + 2y = 24