25. The correct answer is (A). Paul has mowed k m of the lawn in k minutes. Still not mowed, then, is 1 2 k m ,or m 2 k m . 26. The correct answer is (C). Statement I must be true. On Feb- ruary 1st, more stations charged less than the average price than greater than the average price; in other words, the median price was less than the average price. Statement II is not necessarily true. On March 1st, the number of stations charging more than the average price was the same as the number of stations charging less than the average price; the median price is the average of the two middle prices, which may or may not be the same as the average of all 50 prices. Statement III must be true. The average price on March 1st was $2.40. The median price on January 1st was greater than the average price of $2.50. 27. The correct answer is (A). wheel B’s radius, and therefore its circum- ference as well, is 50 times greater than wheel A’s (3:150 = 1:50). In order to travel as far each minute as wheel A travels per hour, wheel B’s circumference would need to be 60 times greater (since there are 60 minutes per hour), but it’s not that big. Thus, wheel A travels farther in one minute than wheel B does in one hour. (The number of revolutions per minute is not relevant, since the rotation rate is the same for both wheels.) 28. The correct answer is (D). 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