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\ 'i'" '1'wa '\\ The population of a town increased from 3500 In 2008 to 6100 in 2012. Find the absolute and relative (percent) increase. Absolute increase: Relative increase: A store has clearance items that have been marked down by 30%. They are having a sale. advertising an additional 25% off clearance items. What percent of the original price do you end up paying? A friend has a 79% average before the final exam for a course. That score includes everything but the final, which counts for 30% of the course grade. What is the best course grade your friend can earn? 96 What is the minimum score would your friend would need on the final to earn a 75% for the course? Eli Give answers accurate to at least one decimal place. You want to put a 4 inch thick layer of topsoil for a new 15 ft by 24 ft garden. The dirt store sells by the cubic yards. How many cubic yards will you need to order? The store only sells in increments of 1/4 cubic yards. Out of 280 racers who started the marathon, 250 completed the race. 20 gave up, and 10 were disqualified. What percentage did not complete the marathon? A 6 inch personal pizza has 580 calories, with 240 of those from fat. A 16 inch pizza is cut into 8 slices. Estimate the number of calories in one slice of a 16 inch pizza. The store is selling lemons at $0.35 each. Each lemon yields about 2 tablespoons of juice. How much will it cost to buy enough lemons to make four 9-inch lemon pies, each requiring half a cup of lemon juice? Sound travels about 750 miles per hour. If you stand in a canyon and sound a horn, you will hear an echo. Suppose it takes about 0.5 seconds to hear the echo. How far away is the canyon wall, in feet? Now let's generalize that result. Suppose it takes n seconds to hear the echo. How far away is the canyon wall, in terms of n? A long year-end status report for work is 86 pages long. You need to print 19 copies for a meeting next week. How much is the paper going to cost for those reports? Paper is sold in reams {500 pages) for $3.41 each