Scenario: Game Night Instructions:

View the video found on page 1 of this journal activity.
Using the information provided in the video, answer the questions below.
Show your work for all calculations.
Ernest's friend rolls a six-sided number cube and lands on square 8. She asks Ernest to guess what number she rolled. He guesses that she rolled a 3. She says he's wrong.

Ernest wonders if she could have rolled a number other than 3. Use a mapping diagram to help guess what number she rolled.

Create a Mapping Diagram

When playing this game, the square you land on during the first turn depends on the number you roll. You can write this as a function: SQUARE(number), or S(n). For example, if you roll a 2, you end up on square 2 (when you land on 3 you move back a space). So S(2) = 2.

1. Describe the possible inputs of S(n) using words. (2 points: 1 point for the description, 1 point for the list of numbers)

2. Describe the possible outputs of S(n) using words. (1 point)

3. Draw a mapping diagram for S(n) that maps all the possible inputs and outputs for a player's first turn. Note that the player should begin on square 1. (6 points: 3 points for the inputs and outputs, and 3 points for the mapping)

4. In the mapping diagram you created, what numbers are in the domain of S(n)? Explain what this means. (2 points: 1 point for the domain, 1 point for the explanation)

5. What numbers are in the range of S(n)? Explain what this means. (2 points: 1 point for the range, 1 point for the explanation)

Evaluate the Conjecture

6. Based on the mapping diagram, is it possible that the player rolled a number other than 3 to land on square 8? If so, which number or numbers? Explain your answer. (2 points: 1 point for the answer, and 1 point for the explanation)

Defining Functions
7. Does the mapping diagram you created for S(n) for the first turn of the game represent a function? Why or why not? (2 points: 1 point for the answer, and 1 point for the explanation)

What is the best way to answer questions with a x expression in the question. for example 3x + 10x=?

Which strategy is used by public health to reduce the incidence of food poisoning?

Jobs and productivity! how do retail stores rate? one way to answer this question is to examine annual profits per employee. the following data give annual profits per employee (in units of 1 thousand dollars per employee) for companies in retail sales. assume σ ≈ 4.0 thousand dollars. 3.7 6.7 3.6 8.5 7.5 5.9 8.7 6.4 2.6 2.9 8.1 −1.9 11.9 8.2 6.4 4.7 5.5 4.8 3.0 4.3 −6.0 1.5 2.9 4.8 −1.7 9.4 5.5 5.8 4.7 6.2 15.0 4.1 3.7 5.1 4.2 (a) use a calculator or appropriate computer software to find x for the preceding data. (round your answer to two decimal places.) thousand dollars per employee (b) let us say that the preceding data are representative of the entire sector of retail sales companies. find an 80% confidence interval for μ, the average annual profit per employee for retail sales. (round your answers to two decimal places.) lower limit -- thousand dollars upper limit -- thousand dollars (c) let us say that you are the manager of a retail store with a large number of employees. suppose the annual profits are less than 3 thousand dollars per employee. do you think this might be low compared with other retail stores? explain by referring to the confidence interval you computed in part (b). yes. this confidence interval suggests that the profits per employee are less than those of other retail stores. no. this confidence interval suggests that the profits per employee do not differ from those of other retail stores. correct: your answer is correct. (d) suppose the annual profits are more than 6.5 thousand dollars per employee. as store manager, would you feel somewhat better? explain by referring to the confidence interval you computed in part (b). yes. this confidence interval suggests that the profits per employee are greater than those of other retail stores. no. this confidence interval suggests that the profits per employee do not differ from those of other retail stores. (e) find an 95% confidence interval for μ, the average annual profit per employee for retail sales. (round your answers to two decimal places.) lower limit 3.75 incorrect: your answer is incorrect. thousand dollars upper limit 6.41 incorrect: your answer is incorrect. thousand dollars