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Question 429532: In a probability experiment, Karen flipped a coin 54 times. The coin landed on heads 33 times. What percentage of the coin flips resulted in tails? Round to the nearest percent.
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Question 429862: A necklace purchased for Rs 1200 and sold at 35 percent loss. The second purchaser sells the same necklace for Rs 875 and pays 2 percent commission. find the profit or loss percent of the second purchaser.
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Question 429938: how much pure acid must be added to 25 ounces of a solution of acid and water that is 20% pure acid in order to make a solution that is 50 % pure acid ?
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Question 429937: how much pure salt must be added to a 5% salt solution to make 100 pounds of a 24% salt solution?
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Question 429941: mr parsons invested a sum of money at 6% and a 2nd sum, $500 more than the first, at 8%. if the total annual income was $180, how much did he invest at each rate?
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Question 430221: Alpine Trail mix is 40% nuts and Meadows Trail Mix is 25% nuts. How much of Alpine and how much of Meadows should be mixed to form a 10-lb batch of trail mix that is 32% nuts? (Set up the problem)
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Question 431280: What is the percent increase, rounded to the nearest whole number, from 75% to 85%?
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Question 432389: how manyu liters of punch containing 50% friut juice must be added to 20 liters of punch containing 20% fruit juice to produce a punch that it #)% fruit juice.
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Question 432671: If I'm expected to recieve 49,820 dollars and Im getting taxed at 7%. How much am I going to get?
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Question 432767: I need help learning how to solve percentage problms for the ASVAB i'm going to be taking. I don't how to begin solving a % problem. Can someone help me.
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Question 433060: The number of ballots cast a parish election is 12,969.if the number of registered voters in the parish is 19,800, what percent has voted
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Question 433322: If a discount of 20% off the retail price of a desk saves Mark $45, how much did he pay for the desk?
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Question 433322: If a discount of 20% off the retail price of a desk saves Mark $45, how much did he pay for the desk?
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Question 433367: A gold chain is sold for $ 635 at a gain of 27 % on the sale price. Find the profit.
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Question 433367: A gold chain is sold for $ 635 at a gain of 27 % on the sale price. Find the profit.
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Question 433460: 30% of what number is 15
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Question 433368: Mr. Lin buys an article and sells it to Mr. Chen at a gain of 25 % on cost. Mr. Chen sells the article to Mr. Ang at a gain of 20 % on cost. How much money did Mr. Lin pay for the article, if Mr. Ang pays $ 360 for it?
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Question 433642: a) A garrison has enough food to last for 24 days. How much longer will the food last if each individual ration can be reduced by 20 %?
b) By how much will each individual ration have to be reduced if the food is to last 40 days?
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Question 433640: a) The total population of a region in a certain country is 15,500. A village with a population of 620 is situated in the region. Express the population of the village as a percentage of the total population of the region.
b) Another village in the region has a population of 992. If a grant of $ 65,000 is to be shared between the two villages in proportion to their population, calculate how much each village receives.
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Question 433638: A shopkeeper buys 300 identical articles at a total cost of $ 1500. He fixes the selling price of each article at 20 % above the cost price and sells 260 articles at the price. As for the remaining articles, he sells them at 50 % of the selling price. Calculate the shopkeeper's total profit.
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Question 434180: A microwave oven is on sale for 20% off
the regular price. The sale price is
$250.00. What is the regular price of the
microwave oven? How do i solve a question like this?
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Question 435044: Does 0.01%= 0.0001
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Question 435517: How do I find the original price of a book when the only information I am given is the book was discounted 24% and the sale price is now $9.50? Can't figure out the equation, but I think the answer is $12.50. Please help ASAP. Thank you so much!
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Question 435671: Mr. Lee bought two identical TV sets. He sold one at a profit of 25 % on cost and the other one at a loss of 25 % on cost. Upon sale of both television sets, did he gain, make a loss or break even?
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Question 435667: John's pay was cut by 15 % in a certain year. The following year he received a pay increase of 15 %. Was his final pay more or less than before the pay cut?
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Question 435665: A shopkeeper marks up his price to make a 30 % profit on cost but allows 5 % discount on cash terms. If he sells an article for $ 247 on cash terms, find his actual profit and express it as a percentage of the cost price of the article.
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Question 435669: Jasmine has accepted a new job with an interesting pay scale. She will earn $ 10 for the first month, $ 20 for the second month, $ 40 for the third month, and so on. Each month her salary will be twice that of the previous month. Develop a formula that will give Jasmine's total income through n months. How much will she have received after 2 years, giving your answer in standard form correct to two significant figures?
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Question 436208: An insurance company charges a basic premium of $ 20 and an additional 30 cents for every $ 1,000 of cover. If a man pays $ 95 premium, how much cover does he have?
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Question 436245: A shopkeeper sold two articles for $ 48 each. He made a 25 % profit on one article and loss of 20 % on the other on cost. What was his net gain or loss on the sale of the two articles?
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Question 436423: How do I solve 79% of $30,515.80?
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Question 436532: The Singapore Assault Rifle 21 (SAR 21) developed locally will be standard issue for Singapore soldiers in the 21st century, replacing the M-16. The SAR 21 boasts many advanced features, one of which is a laser aiming device. The overall length of the SAR 21 is 80.5 cm while the M-16 has an overall length of 99 cm. The mass of SAR 21 is 3.98 kg while the M- 16 has a mass of 4.06 kg. Calculate:
a) the difference in the overall length of the SAR 21 as compared to the M-16, as a percentage of SAR 21's length, and,
b) the difference in the mass of he M-16 as compared with the SAR 21, as a percentage of M-16's mass.

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Question 437127: bottled water costs $1.50. This is a markup from the wholesale cost of $.20. what is the markup percent?
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Question 437173: What number is 40% of $236
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Question 438032: 40% of what number is 12?
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Question 438774: A manufacturer sells its goods at a profit of 7 percent to a wholesaler,the wholesaler sells same goods to a retailor at aprofit of 5 percent,in turn the retalor sells the same goods to a customer at $930 and makes 12 percent profit on it.Find out the manufacturing cost of the goods?
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Question 438863: John has $ 5,600 to invest. He could put his money in fixed deposit earning 3 % simple interest annually or invest in a unit trust with a return equivalent to 4.5 % compound interest per annum. At the end of two years, he would get $ 180 more by investing in the unit trust. Is this correct?
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Question 438878: 5.3 is what percent of 50

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Question 439301: Lindy sold her Fender acoustic guitar on eBay using i-soldit.com. The i-soldit location she used charges 35% of the first $500 of the selling price and 20% of the amount over $500. After these charges were deducted from the selling price, she received $745. For how much did her guitar sell?
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Question 439629: alfred wants to invest 4000 at 6% simple rate for 5 years. how much interest will he recieve
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Question 439825: If I multiply x by .95, I've decreased it by _______%

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Question 439853: cassandra wanted a pair of blue jeans that cost $29.95. the price of the jeans was discounted 30%. What is the amount of the discount and the sale price?
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Question 440593: Convert the decimal to a fraction. Be sure to show all of your work.
0.22

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Question 440810: How would I set up an equation for the following problem?
It took 85 hours to complete 75% of the work...How long will it take to complete 100% of the work?
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