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Question 260972: The ratio of people who support putting in curbs to those who oppose it is 2 to 5. If 210 people in the town are surveyed how many do you expect to favor putting in curbs?

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Question 260988: In the United States, 1 Person out of every 200 is in the army, and 9 out of every 10,000 are army officers. Find the percentage of army personnel that are officers or, if this cannot be determined from the information given, state the fact.
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Question 261016: In the United States, 1 person out of every 600 is the navy, and one-sixth of naval personnel are officers. Find the fractions of the US population that consists of naval officers or, if this cannot be determined from the information given, state the fact.
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Question 261146: A brother and sister are to divide an inheritance of $12,000 in the ratio of 2 to 3. What amount will each receive?
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Question 261163: A brother and sister are to divide an inheritade the amount of $12000in the ratio of 2 to 3. What amount will each get...
i know the answer iz Brother=4,800 Sister=7,200 but i cant find the solution to it please help?
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Question 261213: If B is 30% greater than A, and C is 80% greater than A, by what percent is C
greater than B? Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth

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Question 261371: A recipe calls for 2c of sugar to 5c of flour. How much flour would be added to 5c of sugar?
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Question 261371: A recipe calls for 2c of sugar to 5c of flour. How much flour would be added to 5c of sugar?
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Question 261403: Senate had a total of 99 Democrats and Republicans. There are 11 more Republicans than Democrats. How many democrats and Republicans are in the senate?
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Question 261715: Of the resident between 18 and 22 years old in a certain third-world country, 12% have 0 years of schooling, 32% have from 1 to 6 years of schooling, and 9% have more than 12 years of schooling. What percent of the population has 7-12 years of schooling?
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Question 262201: Each apple pie was divided into 4 equal parts. David ate 3 parts. Jim ate 6 parts. How many apple pies did they eat in all?
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Question 262679: Sassy Fashions buys dresses at wholesale and then marks them up for retail sale. They recently sold a dress at a 40% discount off of their marked-up price. What percent mark-up did they originally apply to the dress if they broke even on the sale? Express your answer to the nearest whole percent
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Question 262681: If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150% (b)175% (c)200% (d)250%
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Question 262661: two students fought a college election. the winning student got 60% of the total votes and won the election by 144 otes only. what was the total number of votes polled.
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Question 262723: The Nutty Professor sells cashews for $6.75 per pound and Brazil nuts for
$5.00 per pound. How much of each type should be used to make a 50-lb
mixture that sells for $5.70 per pound?
Can you please help in solving this problem. I have no idea.
Thanks
Dave
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Question 262701: The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be increased to make it 100% ?
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Question 262694: A man spends half of his salary on household expenses; 1/4th for rent, 1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his monthly deposits in the bank amount $50, what is his monthly salary ?

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Question 262690: A school has 30% students from Virginia .Out of these 20% are Maryland students. Find the total percentage of Maryland ?

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Question 262953: A company sold 75 units of product last month, and this month sold 42 units. What was the percent decrease of product sold, relative to the original amount? Give your answer to the nearest one percent.
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Question 262973: The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2 Out of these 10% of the boys and 25% of girls are scholarship holders. % of students who are not scholarship holders.?
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Question 263495: Automobiles and small trucks account for 84% of the travel to and from work in the united states. What fraction represents all other means of travel to and from work in the United States?
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Question 263538: A company's overhead costs have been cut from $820,250 to $739,210. Estimate the percent of overhead that the company has cut, to the nearest percent.
A. 12%
B. 10%
C.13%
D. 15%
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Question 263825: I have one container of 50% solution and another container of 30% solution. How much of each are needed to obtain 200 liters of 40% solution?
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Question 264087: Wholesale sales of bottled water in the United States in 2006 were $10.6 billion. This was an increase of about 54% over sales in 2001. Find the wholesale sales of botttled water in the United States in 2001.
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Question 264445: If the ratio of boys to girls in a class of 20 students is 3 to 2. How many students are girls
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Question 264614: Pat, Jett, and Vic went to the library during their break. Jett stayed in the library for 1/10 hour less than Pat. Vic stayed in the library for 1/4 hour more than Jett. If Vic stayed in the library for 4/5 hour, how much time did each one stay in the library?
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Question 264975: if my current salary is $1,100 with a 10% increase, what was my salary (original)before?
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Question 264826: How much water must be evaporated from 32 ounces of a 4% salt solution to make a 6% salt solution?
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Question 265499: A computer shop consists 3 brand’s alptop .Laptop of brand A is sold 3/16, B is sold 1/16 and c is sold ¾ then what fraction is sold by the shop in all.
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Question 265531: My brand of ham sold 37% more than the competition. Competition than sold what percent less than my brand?

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Question 265597: if ben invests 4000 at 4% interest per year, how much additional money must he invest at 5.5% annual interest to ensure that the interest he receives each year is 4.5% of the total amount invested?
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Question 265576: a sales person earns a salery of $8,000 per year.she also makes a commision of 35% on her sales. if her sales for the year totals $58,000 how much money was she paid for the year
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Question 265718: what is the ratio of 4 to 3
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Question 265720: if there are 35 people at a game and the ratio is 4 boys to 3 girls how many boys are there?
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Question 266217: A cruise ship can sail 32 mph in calm water. Sailing with the Gulf Stream, the ship can sail 234 mi in the same amount of time as it takes to sail 150 mi against the Gulf Stream. Find the rate of the Gulf Stream.

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Question 266428: The ratio of chocolate to vanilla cupcakes at Kellie's birthday party was 5 to 3. If there were 32 cupcakes, how many were vanilla?
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Question 266426: How many common fractions with a value between 0 and 1 have 6 as their denominator?
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Question 266535: Mary runs twice as fast as bob and billy runs at 80% of bob’s pace. What fraction of a mile will billy complete in the same time that mary runs 1/3 of a mile ? express your answer as a common fraction
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Question 266783: The longest truck mounted ladder used by the Dallas fire department is 108 feet long and consist of four hydraulic sections. Gerald Travis, aerial expert for the department, indicates that the optimum operating angle of this ladder is 60 degrees. The fire fighters find they need to reach the roof of an 84- foot burning building. Assume the ladder is mounted 8 feet above the ground.
A. Draw a label diagram of the situation
B. How far from the building should the base of the ladder be placed to achieve the optimum operating angle?
C. How far should the ladder be extended to reach the roof?
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Question 266813: Fro a Nursing and Allied Health Care Career Fair , organizers estimate that 50 people will attend if it does not rain and 65 will attend if it rains. The weather forecast indicates that there is a 40% chance it will not rain and a 60% chance it will rain on the day of the career fair. Determine the expected number of people who will attend the fair.
I can't figure this out, can someone please help me.
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Question 266886: A recipe calls for 3 1/2 of white flour and 1 3/4 of wheat. How much flour does the recepie need in all
Please explain to me.
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Question 266890: 2x + 5 = -13
How to get the answer.
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