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Question 397612: my problem says 'Sarah bought a laptop for $1800. The total cost, including tax, came to $1890. What is the tax rate?' I know there is a certain formula to solve it, I'm just not sure what it is.
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Question 397516: A customer buys three bottles of water at ninety-nine cents each. There is seven percent tax on each bottle. What is the total bill?
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Question 397941: The ticket price of the swimming pool is to be priced so that the average price is 4.4 €.
Students, unemployed, pensioners and children will receive a discount of 30%.
How much the ticket price should be set.. if 40% of visitors are entitled to a discount??
i tried and i found 10€...am i right ?
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Question 398066: After a rise in the price of petrol, the driven mileage dropped down by 6.7%. However the fuel cost increased by 4.5%. By what percentage did the petrol price rise?
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Question 399180: find 10% of 50. solve the percent problem
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Question 399172: find 10% of 50. solve the percent problem
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Question 399208: 31% of 97 6% of 53 16% of 425 7% of 62 130% of 21
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Question 399363: How do you figure out a Pre-Algebra Percent/Pie Chart? It's like this:
Cats: 25%
Dogs: 45%
Snakes: 15%
Turtles:5%
Lizards: 15%
How many animals are in the pet store if there are 30 snakes?
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Question 400410: this is the question to my pre algebra home work i don't get how to do it
What is the percent of increase from 4.0 to 5.5
what is the percent of decrease from 1200 to 800

please help i am flunking pre algebra and i don't want to take it again
thank you
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Question 400515: what precentage is 34 dollars of 136 dollars
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Question 400655: Could someone please help me? A saleswoman is working on a 3% commission basis. If she wants to make $3,000 in one month, how much must she sell?I do not understand how to do this equation.

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Question 401030: 5.8% of $265
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Question 401407: 3 people are paid a set percentage (40%-30%-30%). When each person works different amounts of time, how do I fairly adjust the pay each person gets.
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thank You
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Question 401598: What percent of the total cost is represented by each category of expenses?
A contractor built a warehouse complex for the followoing cost: land $12,000, concete and steel $34,500, plumbing and electrical $48,990, general carpentry and roof $42,340, and other expenses $34,220
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Question 401655: In 2006, 0.23 of Americans paid to download a song. Change to a percent.
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Question 402066: 62.5% of t is 35. what is t?
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Question 402066: 62.5% of t is 35. what is t?
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Question 402158: I need to know step by step on what percent of $84 is of $10.50. I have the answer which is 12.5 but what are the steps in getting that answer.
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Question 402385: 28.60,6.5% tax, 15% tip
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Question 402945: $37.50 - 25%

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Question 402990: If my teacher was 225 pounds now he is 289 pounds. How much has he increased in weight?
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Question 403002: I would like to know in percentages how much my teacher has increased by if he was 225 pounds and now he is 289 pounds?
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Question 403255: 226% of 81
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Question 403266: You have 1542 yards of fabric and 3% of that is deffective. How many yards of fabric is deffective? Can you please also send me the formula to do the calculation.
Thanks
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Question 403737: What percent of 125 is 96.1?
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Question 404099: how is 64.2% converted to a fraction
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Question 404091: Four fifths of the students passed the test what percent of the students did not pass the test?
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Question 404635: The following pie chart shows the budget for a local company. The total budget is $520,000. Find the actual amount budgeted in the category of Operating expenses.
This is what goes in the pie chart
Research 10%
Operating Expenses 25%
Taxes 15%
Miscellaneous 10%
Production 40%
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Question 405102: An aunt lent her nephew $2000. The newphew agreed to pay his aunt 4% simple interest. If he promised to repay her the entire amount owed at the end of 3 years, how much money must he pay her?
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Question 405217: A Television Is On Sale At 10% off the orginial price . if the original price of the television was 450.00 , what is the sale price ?
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Question 405614: If the height of a cylinder filled with rice is 5in. 5 inches, and the radius is 2in. 2 inches, what is the volume of the cylinder? Explain how!!! 2.4
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Question 407882: I need the easiest way to answer this type of question. If a bank account balance is 2102.04 and the bank charges a cash advance fee of 3.5 percent, what amount should the customer request in order to bring the account to a zero balance?
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Question 407744: A bank loans me $13,000 for one year.
Part of the loan is at 8%
Part of the loan is at 18%
The total interest paid is $2,000.
How much of the $2,000 was at 8% and how much was at 18%
And how do I solve for that?
Thank you.
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Question 409406: they are 424 pupils in a school
4 pupils was absent
what is the precentage of the pupils were absent
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Question 410410: percentage is 23/33
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Question 39052: Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?

The sales price of a car is $12,590, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price?
Solve the following equation for A : 2A/3 = 8 + 4A
hi im just studying for my S.A.T.'s and have difficulty with percentages.
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Question 411537: A dress is being sold at a $6 discount. What percent is the discount?
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Question 411731: What is 18% of 45 ???
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Question 412183: money is borrowed at 13% simple interest. after one year $1275.77 pays off the loan. how much was originally borrowed?
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Question 412704: a store marks up a television by 25% for a profit and sells it for $290 . How much did the television cost the store ?
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Question 412630: Joanna's parents agree to loan her the money for a car. They will loan her $5,000 for 5 years at 5% simple interest. How much will Joanna pay in interest to her parents?
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Question 413353: She draw line segment 2 7/8in long then she erased 1/2in how long is the line segment now?
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Question 413352: She draws a line segment 2 1/4 in long then she makes the line segments 1 1/2 in longer how long is the line segnent now?
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Question 413599: 5th grade
why is 33.5% of 60 =20.1 and not 2010.0
I counted the decimal places. How do I know where to put it?
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