40. Here’s Looking at You. According to University of Texas economist Daniel Hamermesh (Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful), strikingly attractive and good-looking men and women can expect to earn an average of $230,000 more in a lifetime than a person who is homely or plain. (Your author feels the need to start affirmative action for the beauty-bereft, consoled by the reality that looks are only one of many things that matter.) The bar graph shows the distribution of looks for American men and women, ranging from homely to strikingly attractive. Distribution of Looks in the United States Percentage of American Adults 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 51% 31% Homely Plain Average Good Strikingly Looking Attractive Source: Time, August 22, 2011 The percentage of average-looking men exceeds the percentage of strikingly attractive men by 57. The percentage of good-looking men exceeds the percentage of strikingly attractive men by 25. A total of 88% of American men range between average looking, good-looking, and strikingly attractive. Find the percentage of men who fall within each of these three categories of looks. 41. The length of a rectangular carpet is 4 feet greater than twice its width. If the area is 48 square feet, find the carpet’s length and width. 42. A vertical pole is to be supported by a wire that is 26 feet long and anchored 24 feet from the base of the pole. How far up the pole should the wire be attached? 43. After a 60% reduction, a jacket sold for $20. What was the jacket’s price before the reduction? 44. You are choosing between two texting plans. Plan A charges $25 per month for unlimited texting. Plan B has a monthly fee of $13 with a charge of $0.06 per text. How many text messages in a month make plan A the better deal?
40. Here’s Looking at You. According to University of Texas economist Daniel Hamermesh (Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful), strikingly attractive and good-looking men and women can expect to earn an average of $230,000 more in a lifetime than a person who is homely or plain. (Your author feels the need to start affirmative action for the beauty-bereft, consoled by the reality that looks are only one of many things that matter.) The bar graph shows the distribution of looks for American men and women, ranging from homely to strikingly attractive.
Distribution of Looks in the United States
Percentage of American Adults
60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
51%
31%
Homely
Plain
Average Good
Strikingly Looking Attractive
Source: Time, August 22, 2011
The percentage of average-looking men exceeds the percentage of strikingly attractive men by 57. The percentage of good-looking men exceeds the percentage of strikingly attractive men by 25. A total of 88% of American men range between average looking, good-looking, and strikingly attractive. Find the percentage of men who fall within each of these three categories of looks.
41. The length of a rectangular carpet is 4 feet greater than twice its width. If the area is 48 square feet, find the carpet’s length and width.
42. A vertical pole is to be supported by a wire that is 26 feet long and anchored 24 feet from the base of the pole. How far up the pole should the wire be attached?
43. After a 60% reduction, a jacket sold for $20. What was the jacket’s price before the reduction?
44. You are choosing between two texting plans. Plan A charges $25 per month for unlimited texting. Plan B has a monthly fee of $13 with a charge of $0.06 per text. How many text messages in a month make plan A the better deal?
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