Auto Ownership Review

Mrs. Beluga is driving on a snow covered road with a drag factor of 0.2. She brakes suddenly for a deer. The tires leave a yaw mark with a 52-foot chord and a middle ornate of 6 feet. What is the minimum speed she could have been going?

• 13.3 mph
• 30.2 mph
• 23.6 mph
• 46.3 mph

Tonya wants to place an advertisement in a local newspaper to sell her car. This piecewise function shows the cost of the advertisement given that x equals the number of lines.

If the advertisement she wants to place will be 7 lines, how much will the paper charge her?

• $32.50
• $26.50
• $29.00
• $22.00

Larry’s car is worth $18,000 after 5 years. When the car was new, it sold for $24,000. What is the depreciation rate?

• 0.5%
• 0.6%
• 5.6%
• 6.9%

Marcia wants to get a new car stereo. She researches the cost and places her findings in a stem-and-leaf plot.
                  9: 5 8 9 9 9
      10: 4 7 8
          11: 0 0 5 9
                                 12: 0 0 0 5 5 9 13 0 9
14: 0
10: 7 = $107
What is the median price?

• $110
• $115
• $119
• $120

Saheel has $20,000 property damage insurance and $5,000 comprehensive and collision insurance with a $500 deductible. One evening he slides on a patch of ice and hits a parked car, causing $4,500 worth of damage. The accident causes $1,750 of damage to his own car. How much will the insurance pay to fix both cars?

• $24,500
• $8,250
• $6,250
• $5,750

Tony shops around for a new muffler for his car and gets these estimates: $145, $195, $150, $135, $169, $210, and $160. What are the four quartiles?

• Q1=145, Q2=160, Q3=195, Q4=210
• Q1=135, Q2=145, Q3=195, Q4=210
• Q1=145, Q2=150, Q3=169, Q4=210
• Q1=135, Q2=160, Q3=195, Q4=210

Cherie pays her car insurance monthly. Her annual premium is $984. Each month she is charged a $2 convenience fee. If her annual premium is divided equally into twelve month payments, how much is her monthly insurance payment? 

• $94
• $92
• $84
• $82

Nathan wants to buy a car that costs $25,920. He has $3,000 as a down payment, and his payments will be $450 for 6 years. Through research he discovers that the value of the car will depreciate to a value of zero in 12 years. After how long will the expenses of the car be equal to the value of the car?

• 2 Years
• 3 Years
• 4 Years
• 5 Years

Craig is an accident reconstructionist. He arrives at an accident where there are 4 skid marks of different lengths. He finds their measures to be 85 ft, 92 ft, 88 ft, and 90 ft. It is an asphalt road with a drag factor of 0.8. Because he does not know the efficiency of the driver’s brakes, he assumes a brake efficiency of 80%. What is the minimum speed the driver could have been going?

• 31.6 mph
• 38.2 mph
• 41.3 mph
• 46.2 mph

Jeanette buys decals for her car from every state she visits. She made a list of the prices: $0.99, $5.10, $1.59, $1.99, $2.99, $0.80, $1.99, $1.99, $2.99, $1.59, $0.99, $3.49, $0.80. Find the mean.

• $2.10
• $1.99
• $0.99
• $0.80