Urban Community College Is Planning to Offer Courses in Finite

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Urban Community College is planning to offer courses in Finite Math, Applied Calculus, and Computer Methods. Each section of Finite Math holds 50 students and earns the college $1,000 in revenue per student. Each section of Applied Calculus holds 45 students and earns the college $1,500 per student, and each section of Computer Methods holds 10 students and earns the college $2,200 per student. Assuming that the college can offer a total of seven sections, wishes to accommodate 305 students, and wishes to bring in $339,500 in revenues, how many sections of each course should it offer
Number of sections of Finite Math:
__________
Number of sections of Applied Calculus:
__________
Number of sections of Computer Methods:
__________

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Definitions:

Reinforcement

A process in psychology where a behavior is made more likely to occur due to the consequences that follow it.

Fixed-ratio Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule where a reward is given after a set number of responses, fostering a rapid response rate.

Flavor Aversion Learning

A learned response where an organism avoids a food because it associates the taste with illness or discomfort.

Concurrent Interference

The prevention of learning when a stimulus intervenes between the conditioned and unconditioned stimuli or when a behavior occurs between the operant response and reinforcement.