In 2020, an adult season pass lift ticket for Devil’s Head S…

In 2020, an adult season pass lift ticket for Devil’s Head Ski Resort in Merrimac, WI costs $449. If lift ticket prices have grown proportionally to the Consumer Price Index (see table), what would a season pass have cost in the year 2005? Show calculations and explain your work.    Year       CPI Index       2000      172.2    2005      195.3    2009      214.5    2014      236.0    2020      259.9

A truck filled with 41,000 pounds of chocolate chips flipped…

A truck filled with 41,000 pounds of chocolate chips flipped over and skidded 100 yards spilling all the chips onto the highway. How many cookies could have been made from the chips? You may use the following conversion facts: 1 dozen is 12 items 1 yard is 3 feet 6 ounces of chocolate chips can make 2.5 dozen cookies 1 pound is 16 ounces