A person weighed themselves at 153 lb. Five months later they weighed themselves at 120 lb. Which of the following is the percent of weight the person lost over 5 months? (Round to the nearest percent.)
A. 38%
B. 22%
C. 19%
D. 29%
The percentage change in weight is found in three steps below:
Absolute change in weight=final weight-initial weight
Absolute change in weight= (left|120-153 ight|=left|-33 ight|=33)
Relative change in weight= (frac{absolute change}{initial weight}=frac{33}{153}=0.216)
Percent change=relative change * 100%
Percent change=0.216*100%=21.6%
The percent change in weight lost is 21.6 %, which is about 22%.
Therefore, the Correct Answer is B.
More Questions on TEAS 7 Math
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Q #1: An energy company’s stock price was $65.50 on Monday. On Tuesday, the price went up $1.50. On Wednesday, the price decreased from Tuesday’s price by $2.57. On Thursday, the price went up $2.25 from Wednesday’s price. Which of the following was the final price on Thursday?
A. $66.68
B. $65.79
C. $67.00
D. $64.43
Answer Explanation
We are tasked to find the stock price on Thursday from the given information. Here, we need to find the stock of each day from the price increase or decrease. If the price increases, we add to the previous day’s price and subtract if the price decreases.
Monday’s stock price=$65.50
Tuesday’s stock price is Monday’s plus $1.50=65.50+1.50=$67.00
Wednesday’s stock price went down by $2.57 from Tuesday’s=67.00-2.57=$64.43
Thursday’s stock price went up by $2.25 from Wednesday’s =64.43+2.25=$66.68
From the above evaluation, the stock price on Thursday was $66.68
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Q #2: Which of the following is the length of the unknown leg of a right triangle that has one leg length of 10 feet and a hypotenuse of 24 feet? (Round to the nearest tenth.)
A. 21.8 feet
B. 25 feet
C. 13.6 feet
D. 17.7 feet
Answer Explanation
Let the unknown length of the x. The resulting triangle is shown below.
We use the Pythagoras theorem as follows to find the unknown value of x as:
Thus, the value of unknown side of the triangle is 21.8 feet.
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Q #3: A bucket containing 2 2/5 gallons of water is 4/7 full. How many gallons of water is in one fully filled bucket?
A. 4 1/5
B. 2 1/5
C. 4 4/5
D. 2 2/5
Answer Explanation
we are asked to find the number of gallons a full tank can hold. A full tank is equivalent to 1.
Convert the mixed fraction into proper fraction as follows
(2frac{2}{5}=frac{left(2ast5 ight)+2}{5}=frac{10+2}{5}=frac{12}{5})
If we let x be the number of gallons in full tank, and setting up the proportion equation with the number of gallons on the numerator and fraction of tank on denominator as follows.
(frac{x gallons}{1 full tank}=frac{frac{12}{5} gallons}{frac{4}{7}full tank})
Cross-multiply to find the value of x.
(frac{x }{1 full tank}=frac{frac{12}{5} gallons}{frac{4}{7}full tank})
(x astfrac{4}{7}full tank=frac{12}{5} gallonsast1 full tank)
(x =frac{frac{12}{5} gallonsast1 full tank}{frac{4}{7}full tank}=frac{12}{5}divfrac{4}{7} gallons=frac{12}{5}astfrac{7}{4}gallons=frac{21}{5}gallons)
Converting 21/5 to a mixed fraction is 4 1/5. Thus, when the tank is full, it holds 4 1/5 gallons of water.
