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Lisa has 5 fiction books and 7 nonfiction books on a table by her front door. As she rushes out the door one day, she takes a book at random. What is the probability that the book she takes is fiction?

(F)

(G)

(H)

(J)

(K)

Damien played golf on each of the four days of his vacation. His scores on the first three days were 93, 92, and 89, and his average for the four days was 90. What was his score on the fourth day?

(F) 84(G) 85(H) 86(J) 87(K) 88

Correct Answer: H

Which of the following equations represents the linear relation shown in the standard (x,y) coordinate plane below?

(A) y = -5x(B) y = -6x(C) y = -2x + 2(D) y = -5x + 6(E) y = -2x + 6

Correct Answer: D

The day a clothing store puts out a batch of brand-name T-shirts it sells 95 shirts at $4.10 per shirt. However, each day the shirts are on the rack, the store reduces the price of the shirts by $0.02 and consequently sells 1 additional shirt with each price reduction. If x represents the number of $0.02 price reductions, which of the following expressions represents the amount of money, in dollars, that the store will take in daily in sales of these brand name T-shirts?

(A) (4.10 + 2x)(95 + x) (B) (4.10 - 2x)(95 + x) (C) (4.10 + 0.02x)(95 + x) (D) (4.10 - 0.02x)(95 + x) (E) (4.10-- 0.02x)(95 + 0.02x)

Correct Answer: D