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Question 219423: A Fletchbuild coupon bond matures in four years, pays an semi-annual coupon rate
of 10.5 % and will be redeemed at a face value of $1,000 at maturity. If you require a semi-annually compounded return of 12 % on this investment what is the most you should be willing to pay for this bond?
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Question 219555: what interest rate is required for an investment with continuously compounded interest to double in 6 years
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Question 219366: Warren has 40 coins (all nickels, dimes, and quarters) worth $4.05. He has 7 more nickels than dimes. How many quarters does Warren have? I have been stumped for over an hour with this question. Can you help?
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Question 219967: an annuity pays 6.55% annual interest rate compunded semiannually. If $500 is deposited every six months for two years, how much interest is earned?
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Question 220275: The monthly payment on a 2-year loan is $500. The interest rate is 6.65% compunded monthly. What is the amount of the loan?
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Question 219998: A student buys a ticket to a concert at discount of 20%. His ticket cost $6.80.
What is full price?
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Question 220751: 2/3 = 5/x
what does x equal and how do u work it out in a way were u do the same think to each side.
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Question 220751: 2/3 = 5/x
what does x equal and how do u work it out in a way were u do the same think to each side.
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Question 220784: Could someone explain how to solve the following problem?
Please.
Find the accumulated amount after 5 years if $12,000 is invested at 18% per year compounded monthly.
Thank you!!!!
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Question 220904: how is algebra applied in biology?
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Question 220944: If 12,000 is invested at an interest rate of 18 % per year compounded continuously, how long will it take for the money to double?
Help, they threw me a curve ball with this one.
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Question 220941: Find the accumulated amount after 5 years if $12,000 is invested at 18% per year compounded continuosly. Do I use 365 and 1/2???? I'm confused.
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Question 221884: When a single card is drawn from a shuffled deck of cards, find the odds against getting a 9.
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Question 222144: I need help in my algebra class setting up this word problem.
Jake invested $6,000, part at 6% simple interest and part at 4%simple interest for a period of 1 year. How much did she invest at each rate if each account earned the same interest?

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Question 223456: Hello, word problem get me everytime. I never know how to set them up.
Ash has $120,000 to invest and puts some in a CD at 4% annual interest. He puts the rest in a stock that earns 7%. How much did he invest in each to earn $7800 interest that year?
Thank you in advance
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Question 223606: Okay, this one has be banging my head on my desk.
From June 2003 until April 2004 Blue airlines stock was worth approximately P=-4r^2+80t-360, where P denotes the price of the stock in dollars and to cooresponds to months, with t=1 cooresponding to January 2003.
During what months was the stock equal to $24

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Question 223820: if you invest $8,000 per period for 7 years at 8% how much would you have
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Question 225980: A jar contains 40 coins consisting of dimes and quarters and having a total value of $4.90. How many of each kind of coin are there?
I know that somehow I use .1d+.25q=$4.90 but I don't know how to add the 40 in there. Help please!
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Question 227754: Please help me solve this: .

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Question 228218: simplify variable expression
-2(-5)q + (-72) (-q)
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Question 229643: A principal of $2400 is invested at 7.5% interest, compounded annually. How much will the investment be worth after 8 years?
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Question 230176: i owe 8,000 on student loan. My interset rate is 4.5 % I pay 125 a month. usually 95 goes to principle and the other 30 goes to interest. I want to know if this is correct?
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Question 231031: i cant get the right answer in algebra can you help me my exam is on october 29 please help me
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Question 231290: shiela invests part of part of$6000 at 6% interest and the other part at 11% interest. Her total annual income from these investments is $460. How much is investes at each rate?
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Question 231674: A janitor invested $11,000 for one year, part at 8%, and the rest at 11%. The 11% investment returns $450 more than the 8% investment. How much was invested at 11%?
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Question 231734: what is total bill of 8.95 if tx is 8%
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Question 231913: what is the amount of compound interest on 6,000.00 invested for two years at 9% compounded semiannualy

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Question 232467: The price of a cup of coffee was $2.20 yesterday. Today, the price rose to 2.55 Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Question 232472: The price of a cup of coffee was $2.20 yesterday. Today, the price rose to $2.55 Find the percentage increase. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Question 233261: Q1) Find the zeros of f(x) = x2 − x −12. The zeros of f(x) are? And?
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Question 233276: There are 36 coins in a purse, all nickels and quarters. There are 8 more quarters than nickels. The total amount is $6.20. How many nickels and quarters are there?
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Question 234384: Use A=P(l+r)^t to find the interest rate r.Round to the nearest hundredth.
Assume that interest is componded annually.
$8000(P) grows to $8487(A) in 2 years(t)
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Question 234464: Two packages together weigh 32 kilograms the smaller package weighs 6 kilograms less than the larger. How much does each package weigh? Use the variable s and L show setup and work. This is what I have so far but I am confused now...
s + L = 32
-2(s+L=32)
-2s+-2L= -2(32)
-2s -2L = -64
-2s-2L = -64
2s + 6L =
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Question 234897: please help! no idea where to start on this one
The first apartment I rented was 32 years ago in Chicago. The rent was $250 a
month. If inflation has been more or less around 4% a year and the rent has gone up
according to the inflation. What do you think the rent for that apartment is today?
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Question 234904: You borrow $5000 from your parents and agree to repay them $5500 in five
years. They are charging you a flat simple interest rate. What is the interest rate.
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Question 235108: I have freshman algebra, and I had an assignment today with scientific notation
the problem was
(3,000)^3. When solving the problem I multiplied 3,000 x 3,000 x 30000= 270,000.00. I wrote the scientic notation as 2.7 x 10^9 was I correct
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Question 235118: jouliana has $5.05 in quarters and dimes. The number of quaters exceed twice the number of dimes by 1.Find the number she has of each kind.
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Question 235981: the width of a rectangle is fixed at 10 cm. what lengths will make the perimeter greaterthan 82 cm? the length must be greater than _____ cm

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Question 235983: the function H described by H(x)=2.75x+71.48 can be used to predict the height in centimeters of a woman whose humerous(the bone between elbow and shoulder)is x cm long. predict the height of a woman whose humerouse is 32 cm long.

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Question 235985: in 1995 the life span of males in a certain country was 64.7 years. in 2001 it was 66.7 years. Let E represent the life span in year t represent the number of years since 1995.
E(t)=____t+____
E(11)=

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Question 235984: soybean meal is 12% protein:how many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 240 lbs mixture that is 9% protein.. how many lbs cornmeal should there be? how many lbs soybean should there be?

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Question 236234: I've forgotton how to do this. Could you tell me how to figure this out: if an item costs $21.69 ( a sale price) where the sale price is 73% of the original price, how to calculate the original price?
Can't believe I can't remember (oh yes I do!), after carrying a 4.0 in math for sll of Sr. H.S.!
Jar that memory! Any help is greatly appreciated,
Thank you,
Ruth
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Question 236074: Convert the decimal number to the given base.
68 to base eight

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