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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 266891: solve 15% of 800 = y
solve 15% of x = 45.
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Question 266885: 5 1/2 - 2 7/10
How do i get an answer please step by step explain.
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Question 266885: 5 1/2 - 2 7/10
How do i get an answer please step by step explain.
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Question 266892: Nick had 1/2 lb of walnuts. He ate 3/10 lb of walnuts. What part of a pound of walnuts did
he have left?
Explain the answer please.
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Question 266892: Nick had 1/2 lb of walnuts. He ate 3/10 lb of walnuts. What part of a pound of walnuts did
he have left?
Explain the answer please.
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Question 264184: How do you get the ratio for 3x=ky
Rule:Find the ratio of x to y determined by each equation.
For example: 3x=7y
x/y=7/3 or 7:3
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Question 267024: the original price of an item is increased by 50%, then reduced by 1/3,and then increased by 25%. The new price is what percent of the original price?

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Question 267823: Hello. I have a problem here that I'm having trouble with. It's a word problem. It says:Sonya made a scale model of the new school in her town. She used a scale of 3/4in.=1ft. If the height of the school model is 48 inches, What is the actual height of the school?
I tried it and I divided 48 by 3/4 then multiplying by 12 because there's 12 in. in a foot. Am I right? And if I'm not can you tell me what I did wrong?
Thank You!
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Question 267971: At Tomi's middle school, 40% of the students are boys. Fifty percent of the boys chose blue as their favorite color, while 20% of the girl students chose blue as their favorite color. Of the students who chose blue as their favorite color, what fraction are boys? Express your answer as a common fraction

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Question 267992: if a is 4 % of b and b is 25% of c, what % of a is c?
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Question 268021: 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days. how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles?
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Question 268021: 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days. how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles?
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Question 268021: 10 men produce 500 articles in 5 working days. how long would it take 15 men to produce 500 articles?
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Question 268099: Perimeter or circumference = 2 3.14, r = 70 feet; P=2x 22x70; P =440 feet.
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7
WHERE I HAVE THE 22 THEN YOU SEE A LINE UNDERNEATH IT & THEN THE 7..IT'S A FRACTION. MY SON IS STUDYING THE ASVAB FOR THE AIR FORCE & HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THIS RATIO. CAN YOU BREAK IT DOWN SO HE CAN UNDERSTAND? THANK YOU!
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Question 268168: will's age is 3/4 of Sloan's age. Sloan is 1 year older than will. Will's age is 1/4 of Randy's age. Sloan's age is 1/6 of wendy's age. How old is each person?

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Question 268189: A car will go 3/8 of a given distance in one hour. What part will it cover in 5/8 of an hour?
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Question 268189: A car will go 3/8 of a given distance in one hour. What part will it cover in 5/8 of an hour?
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Question 268246: An incubator was set with 120 eggs. If 18 eggs failed, what percent hatched?
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Question 268473: A student invests part of $10,000 at 6% annual interest and the rest at 5%. If the annual income from these investments is $560, how much was invested at each rate?
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Question 268528: A coat was discounted from $123 to a sale price of $78. What was the percent of decrease? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Question 268833: Points A, B, C, and D are placed in that order on a line so that AB = 4BC = 2CD.
Then BD as a fraction of AD is:
A 3/7 b 3/4 c 6/7 d 2/7 e None of these

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Question 268931: A merchant buys goods at 25% off the list price. He desires to mark the goods so that he can give a discount of 20% on the marked price and still clear a profit of 25% on the selling price. What per cent of the list price must he mark the goods?
(A) 125% (B) 100% (C) 120% (D) 80%. (E) None of these.
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Question 268947: 20% of students receive a grade of B, and 5% receive a grade of A. If 9 more students receive B's than A's, how many students are there?
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Question 269353: Chandra spent 2/5 of her income of January for rent, and 3/4 of the remainder on other expenses.If she put the remaining $180 in her savings account, how much was her income in January?
(A)$1,000 (B) $1,200 (C) $1,400 (D) $ 1,600 (E) None of these.

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Question 269352: On a certain day, a news vendor began the day with P papers. Between opening and noon, he sold 40 percent of the papers, and between noon and closing, he sold 60 percent of the papers which remained. What percent of the original P papers did he sell?
(A)0% (B) 20% (C) 24% (D) 76% (E) None of these.

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Question 269518: The Chess Club has a goal of 25 new members. So far, they have 15. What percent of the club's goal have they achieved?
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Question 269525: A $52 sweater is marked down 25%. What is the new price?
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Question 269553: Roger Carlson makes a 2% commission on each of his sales. When he sold a new car, he made $190. How much did the car cost?
PLEASE HELP!

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Question 269557: Where Sondra lives, there is a 3% state sales tax, a 1½% county sales tax, and a 1% municipal sales tax. How much tax would Sondra pay if she bought a $340 bicycle?
PLEASE PLEASE HELP! I'M STUCK ON THIS PROBLEM
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Question 269571: A $160 pair of skis is on sale at a 25% discount. If there is a 5% sales tax, how much will the skis cost?
can u please help me step by step if that is possible?
Thank you very much
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Question 269589: A $52 sweater is marked down 25%. What is the new price?
PLEASE HELP ME
and if possible may u put do it step by step
thank you
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Question 269587: For lunch Robert had a sandwich and two glasses of milk for a total of 660 calories. The sandwich had 2.4 times as many calories as a glass of milk. How many calories were in the sandwich?
PLEASE PLEASE HELP
i want to do well!
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Question 269607: A $52 sweater is marked down 25%. what is the new price?
May you please do it step by step so i can understand?
thank you
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Question 269612: In a nation of 221 million people, the urban population is 2.25 times the rural population. Find the rural and urban population.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP
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Question 269611: For lunch Robert had a sandwich and two glasses of milk for a total of 660 calories. The sandwich had 2.4 times as many calories as a glass of milk. How many calories were in the sandwich?
PLEASE PLEASE HELP
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Question 269572: In a nation of 221 million people, the urban population is 2.25 times the rural population. Find the rural and urban populations.
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Question 269600: Complete the table below in which interest rates are given as decimals.
* Principal X annual interest rate = one year's interest
61.
Principal: $12,000
X Annual interest rate: 0.1025
= one year's interest: ?
63.
Principal: $2500
X Annual interest rate: ?
= one year's interest: $275
65.
Principal: ?
X Annual interest rate: 0.09
= one year's interest: $180
PLEASE I NEED HELP.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS QUESTION
if can may you do it step by step please?
thank you very much
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Question 269708: In an office with 21 staff members, 1/3 are men and 2/3 are women. To obtain a staff in which 1/4 are men, how many women should be hired?
(A)7 (B) 5 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) None of these.

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Question 269713: A cake weighing 550g has three ingredients: Flour, sugar and raisins. There is twice as much flour than sugar, and one and a half times as much sugar than raisins.
How much flour is there?
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Question 269740: A refrigerator is offered for sale at $ 250.00 with successive discounts of 20% and 15%. The sale price of the refrigerator is:
(A) 35% less than $ 250.00 (B) 65% of $250.00
(C)77% of $ 250.00 (D) 68% of $250.00 (E) None of these.

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Question 270188: A man and his wife earn $49,000 a year. The wife earns 40% of what his husband earns. In addition, their two children each earn 1/4of what their father earns. How much does the family earn in 2 years?
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Question 270382: a concrete mix requires 2 parts sand and three parts cement. How manypds are need for 75 pounds of cement? ( guess an varable fraction problem)
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Question 270479: a certain strain of virus grows in numbers at the rate of 50% per hour. If its present population is 200,000 what will be its population count in 3 hours
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