Suppose When the Price of Pizza Goes from $8 to $12

question 143

Multiple Choice

Suppose when the price of pizza goes from $8 to $12 per pie,production increases from 2,500 pies to 4,000 pies per month.Using the mid-point method,the percentage change in price is:

• A) 40 percent
• B) 46 percent
• C) 1.31
• D) 0.35

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Definitions:

Truth-functional Compound

A compound statement whose truth value depends solely on the truth values of its components.

Quantifier

A logical tool that counts the instances within a discourse domain adhering to the conditions of an open formula.

Atomic Open Sentence

A type of statement in logic, which contains at least one variable, and becomes a proposition once the variables are replaced by specific values.

Compound

A substance formed from two or more elements chemically united in fixed proportions, or in logic, a sentence that combines two or more atomic sentences with logical connectives.