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MA1015: Week 5 Assignment
and how will I use these concepts in my healthcare career?
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| This assignment helps you apply your knowledge from this week’s modules and textbook readings. |
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| Employers in the healthcare industry expect employees to have mathematical knowledge and skills to perform tasks such as properly managing data, records, inventory, and prescriptions. |
Mathematical Vocabulary
Use chapters 7 and 12 of your textbook to define the following vocabulary.
Define: Statistics
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Define: Graphs
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Define: Mean
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Define: Median
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Define: Mode
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Define: Square Root
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Define: Pythagorean Theorem
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Statistical Calculations
Use chapter 7 of your textbook to answer the following questions. Be sure to show your work. Please use this dataset for the next three questions: 5, 10, 12, 4, 6, 11, 13, 5
Calculate the mean.
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Calculate the median.
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Determine the mode.
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Interpreting Graphs
Use your textbook to answer the following questions.
What percent of individuals own dogs?
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Which day of the week did Jane do the most push-ups?
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What was the second-grade class’ favorite ice cream flavor?
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How much more money did seniors spend than children?
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Complete the table and organize the following information: Nancy is planning a birthday party for her coworker, Sarah. She realizes that there are 10 medical assistants and 8 nurse assistants attending the office party. Nancy decides to serve sandwiches to the medical assistants and pizza to the nurse assistants.
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Geometric Equations
Use your textbook to solve the following problems. Please show your work.
Calculate:
Find the perimeter of a triangle with sides 11 inches, 5 inches, and 13 inches.
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Find the area of a rectangle measuring 25 feet long by 8 feet wide.
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Calculate the missing length on the right triangle. Solve for c using the Pythagorean theorem.
(Hint: a2 + b2 = c2)
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Determine the missing length “X” on the equilateral triangle.
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Word Problem
Use the scenario and images below to answer questions 20 and 21.
The doctor’s office where you work needs to store eight filing cabinets with patient information in one of three secure storage rooms. The filing cabinets need a total of 55 square feet of space. The doctor has asked you to identify in which room the filing cabinets will fit.
What information from the scenario and image(s) above will you use to solve the word problem?
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Based on the measurements provided in the image above, which room would best fit the filing cabinets? Use the formula from your textbook to determine Area. Be sure to show the calculation(s) to support your room choice.
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Reflection
Reflect on what you have learned this week to help you respond to the question below. You may choose to respond in writing or by recording a video!
In your day-to-day life, statistics are presented on social media and in the news. How do you imagine that you will use statistics in your healthcare career?
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