BSEP Day 4

Basic cable television service, which includes 16 channels, costs $15 per month. The initial labor fee to install the service is $25. A $65 deposit is required, but will be refunded within two years if the customer's bills are paid in full. Other cable services may be added to the basic service: the movie channel service is $9.40 a month; the news channels are $7.50 a month; the arts channels are $5 a month; the sports channels are $4.80 a month.

A customer's cable television bill totaled $20 a month. Using the passage above, what portion of the bill was for basic cable service?

Basic cable television service, which includes 16 channels, costs $15 per month. The initial labor fee to install the service is $25. A $65 deposit is required, but will be refunded within two years if the customer's bills are paid in full. Other cable services may be added to the basic service: the movie channel service is $9.40 a month; the news channels are $7.50 a month; the arts channels are $5 a month; the sports channels are $4.80 a month.

A customer's first bill after having cable television installed totaled $112.50. This customer chose basic cable and one additional cable service. Which additional service was chosen?

While at work, Nina checks her mail once every 80 minutes. In her 8-hour work shift, how many times does she check her email?

At Michael’s smoothie shop smoothies cost $3.50

during the week and $4.00

on weekends. If Jonathan bought a smoothie every day except Saturday how much did he spend on smoothies that week?

Paragraph Comprehension:

Nations are political and military units, but they are not necessarily the most important units in economic life, nor are they very much alike in any economic sense. All that nations really have in common is the political aspect of their sovereignty. Indeed, the failure of national governments to control economic forces suggests that nations are irrelevant to promoting economic success.

According to the paragraph, the economic power of nations is: