Question

what should you do if a health food salesman knocks on your door? use a calculator to do each exercise. find your answer and cross out the letter next to it. when you finish, the answer to the title question will remain. answers in golf, a player’s average is found by adding the player’s scores on several rounds of golf and dividing by the number of scores. the quotient is rounded to the nearest hundredth. find the average for each golfer. d 39.75 scores: 84, 96, 83, 79, 88, 90 e 49.1 scores: 94, 89, 94, 85, 91, 90, 101, 85 n 0.342 scores: 78, 82, 79, 72, 90, 87, 75, 78, 86, 79, 69, 81, 73 e 8.8 in ice - skating, a performance is rated by several judges. the highest and lowest ratings are dropped. the remaining ratings are added. find the scores for each skater. s 86.67 judges’ ratings: 8.3, 8.8, 8.6, 8.3, 8.5, 8.0, 8.4 i 89.60 judges’ ratings: 7.9, 7.6, 7.9, 8.1, 7.9, 8.0, 7.7 p 0.269 judges’ ratings: 9.8, 9.9, 10.0, 9.7, 9.9, 9.8, 9.6 u 39.4 in baseball, a player’s batting average is found by dividing the number of hits by the number of times at bat. the quotient is rounded to the nearest thousandth. find the batting average for each player. m 12.7 hits: 195 at bats: 788 t 86.40 hits: 794 at bats: 2,954 a 48.3 in 24 years of professional baseball, ty cobb got 4,191 hits in 11,429 times at bat. e 79.15 k 0.367 in diving, each dive is given a number called the degree of difficulty. a dive is rated by several judges. the degree of difficulty is multiplied by the sum of the judges’ ratings. find the scores for each dive. t 41.25 difficulty: 1.5 ratings: 6.5, 6.0, 6.5, 7.5 i 83.48 difficulty: 2.7 ratings: 8.0, 8.0, 8.5, 8.0 f 30.1 difficulty: 2.4 ratings: 9.5, 9.0, 9.0, 8.5 l 91.13 in basketball, a player’s scoring average is found by dividing the number of points scored by the number of games played. the quotient is rounded to the nearest tenth. find the scoring average for each player. e 0.247 points: 1,444 games: 165 v 28.9 points: 5,712 games: 380 a 87.75 in 14 years of professional basketball, wilt chamberlain played in 1,045 games and scored 31,419 points. s 42.1

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate golf average for (1)

Sum of scores: $84 + 96+83 + 79+88 + 90=520$. Number of scores is 6. Average is $\frac{520}{6}\approx86.67$.

Step2: Calculate golf average for (2)

Sum of scores: $94 + 89+94 + 85+91 + 90+101+85 = 739$. Number of scores is 8. Average is $\frac{739}{8}=92.375\approx92.38$.

Step3: Calculate golf average for (3)

Sum of scores: $78+82 + 79+72+90+87+75+78+86+79+69+81+73 = 1019$. Number of scores is 13. Average is $\frac{1019}{13}\approx78.38$.

Step4: Calculate ice - skating score for (4)

Arrange ratings: $8.0,8.3,8.3,8.4,8.5,8.6,8.8$. Drop highest 8.8 and lowest 8.0. Sum of remaining ratings: $8.3+8.3+8.4+8.5+8.6 = 42.1$.

Step5: Calculate ice - skating score for (5)

Arrange ratings: $7.6,7.7,7.9,7.9,7.9,8.0,8.1$. Drop highest 8.1 and lowest 7.6. Sum of remaining ratings: $7.7+7.9+7.9+7.9+8.0 = 39.4$.

Step6: Calculate ice - skating score for (6)

Arrange ratings: $9.6,9.7,9.8,9.8,9.9,9.9,10.0$. Drop highest 10.0 and lowest 9.6. Sum of remaining ratings: $9.7+9.8+9.8+9.9+9.9 = 49.1$.

Step7: Calculate batting average for (7)

Batting average is $\frac{195}{788}\approx0.247$.

Step8: Calculate batting average for (8)

Batting average is $\frac{794}{2954}\approx0.269$.

Step9: Calculate batting average for (9)

Batting average is $\frac{4191}{11429}\approx0.367$.

Step10: Calculate diving score for (10)

Sum of ratings: $6.5 + 6.0+6.5+7.5=26.5$. Score is $1.5\times26.5 = 39.75$.

Step11: Calculate diving score for (11)

Sum of ratings: $8.0+8.0+8.5+8.0 = 32.5$. Score is $2.7\times32.5 = 87.75$.

Step12: Calculate diving score for (12)

Sum of ratings: $9.5+9.0+9.0+8.5 = 36$. Score is $2.4\times36 = 86.40$.

Step13: Calculate basketball scoring average for (13)

Scoring average is $\frac{1444}{165}\approx8.8$.

Step14: Calculate basketball scoring average for (14)

Scoring average is $\frac{5712}{380}=15.0$.

Step15: Calculate basketball scoring average for (15)

Scoring average is $\frac{31419}{1045}\approx30.1$.

Answer:

The answers for each exercise are as calculated above, and by crossing - out the letters next to these answers in the provided list, the answer to the title question will be revealed according to the given exercise rules.