Question: Determine the following (show your work):

a. The speed of a new microprocessor is 800MHZ, but a new test of its speed gives a measurement of 820MHZ. What is the absolute error? What is the relative error?

b. Convert 1/16 to a percent

c. Convert 0.45 to a percent

d. Humanities majors spend an average of $115 per course on books. Mathematics majors spend an average of $70 per course on books.

What is the percent difference between the two amounts relative to the amount for mathematics majors (round to the nearest percent)?

e. Suppose that the cost of a statistics text was $50 in 1985 and is $100 in 2000. What is the “Statistics Text Index” number, rounded to the nearest tenth, for the 2000 edition with the 1985 price as the reference value?