PE_45.4

Express 1 as an equivalent fraction having denominator 6.

In the United States Patent & Trademark Office, 6000 examiners are faced with a backlog of 770,000 unexamined, new applications for patents. For each of these 6000 examiners, how many applications do they need to catch up on? Round the answer to the nearest tenth.

• 128.3

• 128.33

• 12.83

• 12.8

• 38

• 26

• 21

• 30

According to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, we experienced 16 named storms in 2019. Eight (8) of these named storms grew into hurricanes while five (5) were major hurricanes. What fraction of these named storms developed into hurricanes? Please reduce the answer to lowest terms.

• 8

Are the equations x=4 and x+8=3 equivalent?

• yes

• no

We define a company's Net Worth as its assets minus liabilities. Assets are all things of value that may be converted into cash whereas liabilities are the company's total of debts. Now the XY Association went bankrupt while it had $28.6 billion in assets and $26 billion in liabilities. What was the XY Association's net worth before it went bankrupt?

• $2.6billion

• $1.6billion

• $2.9billion

• $0.6billion

Solve the equation.

4.3x − 0.7 (x+2.1) = 8.61

• x = 2.1

• x = 2.8

• x = 4.2

• x = 6.7

In the week that ended June 19, the U.S. commercial crude oil inventory decreased by 3.8million barrels. Now if the inventory was 353.9million barrels in the week that followed, what was the U.S. crude oil inventory before the decline?

• 270.90

• 320.9

• 357.7

• 256.2

• undefined

• 3

• -3

• 1

Select the statement that correctly compares the two numbers.