b. The figure shown in Part b of your Student Answer Booklet [shown below] is to be reduced so that its dimensions are 1/2 their original size. On the blank grid [shown below], draw a copy of the figure that is exactly the same shape but has dimensions that are only of those of the original.
a. Find the mean (average) number of points scored by each player. Show or describe how you found the means.
b. Find the median number of points scored by each player. Show or describe how you found the medians.
c. Based on the data, which player would you recommend for the All-Star team? Explain your recommendation. Use the data and include a comparison of the means and medians you calculated.
Question 31 is an open-response question about the 1996 Boston Marathon. You may use the conversions on your Mathematics Reference Sheet to answer question 31.
At the end of every 2nd mile of the Boston Marathon, a typical marathon runner takes about 4 ounces of water. Instead of drinking all the water, the runner sips some of it and then throws the rest on his or her head or body to cool off.
a. At this rate, about how many ounces of water would an average runner take in an entire 26.2-mile marathon? Explain how you found your answer.
b. At this rate, about how many pints of water would an average runner take in an entire 26.2-mile marathon? Explain how you found your answer.
c. Suppose that all the runners in the Boston Marathon behaved like the "typical" marathon runner described above. About how many gallons of water would have been used by the 40,700 runners in the 1996 Boston Marathon? Explain each step you used to find your answer.
Abby's class is taking a field trip to the Bunker Hill Monument. Abby read that to reach the top of the monument she must climb 294 steps, each of which is 8 inches tall. Abby weighs 130 pounds. How many foot-pounds of work will she have to perform to climb to the top of the monument? Show or describe all the steps you used to find your answer.