Use Jefferson’s Method to determine how many nurses should be assigned to each office as shown below. There are 20 nurses available in total. Use the modified divisor . Write ONLY your answers (the right-hand column) in the response box. Show your work which justifies your answer ON YOUR PAPER. You should copy and complete this entire table on your own paper. Office Residents Quota Nurses Newhall 31,600 Saugus 43,000 Valencia 65,400 Total 140,000  

Another community college is considering how to offer courses. Their  faculty members were asked to rank these three options. The results are as follows.  This time, use the Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) to determine the winner. # of votes 11 14 15 10 1st choice R H F H 2nd choice H R H F 3rd choice F F R R Write ONLY your answer in the response box. Show your work which justifies your answer ON YOUR PAPER. No credit is given unless you justify your answer.

What is log (100,000)?

In the box below, explain how you can obtain the Golden Ratio using the Fibonacci Sequence. You can also answer this question on your own paper.   

Imagine a Magic Dollar bill, which makes a clone of itself (thus doubling in number) every night. On May 1, you found one Magic Dollar bill. On May 2, there were two Magic Dollar bill. On May 3, there were four, and so on.  How many Magic Dollar Bills will there be on May 26? Write ONLY your answer in the response box. Show your work which justifies your answer ON YOUR PAPER, which you will submit after this online portion is completed.

Suppose that the average annual college tuition is expressed by the formula  where n is the number of years since 2017. Which one of the following accurately describes this growth?

The population of a town is growing linearly. Last year, the population was 200,000. This year, the population is 220,000. What will be the town’s population 4 years from now? 

If the population increases by 11% every year, how many years does it take for the population to double? Write ONLY your answer(s) in the box below. On your own paper, show all your work and justify your answer(s). You will be submitting the paper at the end of this test. 

Suppose that the average annual college tuition is expressed by the formula  where n is the number of years since 2018. Which one of the following accurately describes this growth?

The number of patients in the local ICU (intensive care unit) is increasing by 15 people every day. This is an example of exponential growth.