1. You are assigned to read War and Peace in your literature class. The edition you have contains 1232 pages. You time yourself and estimate that you can read 12 pages in 1 hour. You have 5 days before yo exam on this book. Will you be able to finish reading it before the exam? Explain your answer thoroughly and realistically/practically. This problem is designed to review exponents. Recall exponents are a short hand for repeat multiplicati 2. a. Show how to calculate 2" using repeat multiplication. You do not have to calculate the final answ b. Without using the rules of exponents, explain why (-17) (-17) is the same as (-17)". Your explanation should include the meaning of exponent in terms of multiplication instead of the rules exponents. 3. A guide for tipping staff says that for good service, tip 15%. Write three interpretations of this ratio. 4. In a run to a convenience store for a pi mu epsilon party, the ratio of members who prefer diet to regular soda was 6 to 7 a. One student replies, "The club only has 13 members? Explain the flaw in the student's reasoning b. Give three different scenarios that would still result in the members having this ratio of diet to regu soda c. If 52 members of the club attended the party, how many members prefer regular soda? 5. A survey of students found that 1089 out of 1452 students took more than 12 credits that semester, how many out of 60 students would you expect to have taken more than 12 credits that semester?