Consider the table representing a rational function.

Assume that the number of overdue days for the library book is X, and the total fine is Y.

Liability charges a fee of $0.30 per day for lateness,

Thus, for one day late, the fee equals: 1 * $0.30

For X days late, the fee becomes: X * $0.30.

The total fee Y corresponds to being X days late, so: Y = 0.30 * X.

Next, we'll verify which possible answers satisfy the equation Y = 0.30 * X.

Options one (-3, -0.9) and two (-2.5, -0.75) are invalid since the number of late days cannot be negative, and these give negative values for X.

Option three (4.5, 1.35) is also incorrect because the library charges per whole day; 4.5 days is not an integer, so they would charge 4 or 5 days, not 4.5.

Option four (8, 2.40) matches the equation perfectly:

Y = 0.30 * X

2.40 = 0.30 * 8

2.40 = 2.40.

Therefore, the only correct answer is option four (8, 2.40).

The last part of the question is asking;

What was the total amount spent by all (99.7%) students on textbooks in a semester?

Response:

almost all (99.7%) of the students spent between $165 and $315 on textbooks in a semester.

Stepwise clarification:

The standard deviation rule informs that for normally distributed data, approximately 99.7% of observations fall within three standard deviations from the mean.

In this case, we have the given mean as 240, and standard deviation as 25

Thus, calculating three standard deviations below the mean: Mean - 3(standard deviation)

equals 240 - (3 × 25)

yielding 240 - 75 = 165

Now, for three standard deviations above the mean: Mean + 3 (standard deviation) = 240 + (3 × 25)

equals 240 + 75 = 315

Therefore, nearly all (99.7%) of the students spent between $165 and $315 on textbooks in a semester.

Refer to the image below.

The number 55,220 has two 5s and two 2s. The 5s appear in the ten-thousands and thousands places, representing 50,000 and 5,000 respectively. The 2s occupy the hundreds and tens positions, corresponding to 200 and 20. In total, the 5s sum to 55,000, while the 2s add up to 220.

Answer:

At a confidence level of 90%, the margin of error is calculated to be 0.5133 grams.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for margin of error (E) is: (critical value × sample standard deviation) ÷ sqrt(n)

The sample standard deviation is 1.5 grams.

A 90% confidence level translates to 0.9.

Significance level is determined as 1 - C, which equals 1 - 0.9 resulting in 0.1 or 10%.

The sample size (n) is 25.

Degrees of freedom are calculated as n - 1, which is 25 - 1 equaling 24.

The critical value (t) for 24 degrees of freedom at a significance level of 10% is found to be 1.711.

Using these values, we calculate: E = (1.711 × 1.5) ÷ sqrt(25) = 2.5665 ÷ 5 = 0.5133 grams.