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Question 559956: Attendance at a cinema decreased by 12 %. How many percent should the price of
the movie ticket be raised so that the revenue would only decrease by 5 %?
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Question 560079: Eileen earned 45.00 in annual interest from a savings account with a 3.5% annual interest rate. Assuming she made no deposits or withdrawals during the year, what is the balance in the account?
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Question 560720: how do I turn 19,400 into a percent?

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Question 561215: 16% of 121 is what number?
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Question 562427: THE AMOUNT $180.00 IS WHAT PERCENT GREATER THAN $135.00?
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Question 562445: Find 140% of 82?
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Question 562453: Please help me solve this problem.if 5percent of a number is 25 .what is that number?
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Question 563921: solve. please show all of your work.
during one year, the mccarthy's real estate bill included $527 for miscellaneous services. of this amoutn,18% went to the animal shelter fund. how much money did the animal shelter receive?
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Question 563922: find the slope and the y intercept y=-3/8x+4
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Question 563926: simplify. please show all of your work. x^2-2x+5x-(-x^2+7x)
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Question 563925: find the slope-intercept equation for the line with the indicated slope and y-intercept slope 5/7; y-intercept (0,4)
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Question 563977: how much does .370 equal on a pie chart
plaese can you use a visual to explain the answer
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Question 564757: The price of a suit was $540. This included a 15% discount. What was the original price?
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Question 566527: Hank has some 60% maple syrup and some 100% maple syrup in his restaurant. How many ounces of EACH should he use to make 100 ounces of 85% maple syrup
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Question 567677: A desk is on sale for $220.80 , which is 76% less than the regular price.
What is the regular price?

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Question 568226: how do u change 0.03 to a percent
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Question 569037: a fund drive announce that is has raised $3,348 which is 60% of its goal
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Question 569350: What percent of 145 is 29 ?
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Question 569350: What percent of 145 is 29 ?
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Question 569811: If a number is reduced by 15% of itself, the result is 29.1465, find the number
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Question 571132: what is the percentage discount if you take 10 dollars from 40 dollars
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Question 571135: If the population of a town is 25000, an increase of 70% from its population 5 years ago, what was its polulation 5 years ago?
How do you figure this out?
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Question 571722: What percent of 320 is 140
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Question 572320: 28% of $990
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Question 572642: Linda estimates that she spends 1/3 of her income on housing and utilities and 1/4 of her income on food. What fraction of her income is left after she covers these expenses?
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Question 572928: Could someone please help with this problem?
"25 people like. 35 people don't like. What % like?"
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Question 572928: Could someone please help with this problem?
"25 people like. 35 people don't like. What % like?"
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Question 573042: mario spelled 80% of 35 spelling words correctly . how many words did he spell correctly.

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Question 574258: find each value. round to the nearest tenth if necessary
1) 80% of 120
120 *80% = 96 or
120 *.80 = 96
2) 115% of 6
6 *115% = 6.9
6 *1.15 = 6.9
3) what percent of 128 is 32??
32/128 = .25 or 25%
4) 3 is what percent of 36?
3/36 = 0.083 or 8.30%
5) 23.7 is 30% of what number?
23.7/.30 = 79
6) 71/2% of what is 12?
71/2% = 35.5%
12/.355 = 33.803
I hope it would help you. Goodluck.

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Question 573994: if a product normally retails for $40 and we give you a $6 discount, what percentage dicount do you receive?
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Question 572686: what were the sales five year ago if its 15 million now and 5 year average annual rate of return is -7%.

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Question 573934: 25% off a pair of jeans that cost 29.95

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Question 572837: what percent of 60 to 75 is increased and rounded to the nearest 10th
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Question 568638: write 0.0053 as a percent
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Question 570242: 16 % of what number = $ 32.00
80 % of $ 5.00

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Question 568534: What is the total cost of a 40 dollar item which is discounted 30 percent if there is a sales tax 06 percent
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Question 568059: Write a proportion to solve each problem.
a) A sweater that costs $30 is "on sale" at a 25% discount. What is the sale price?
b) The owner of a store buys calculators for $4.50. If she marks them up by 150% what price does she sell them for?
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Question 567098: the student population at king middle school is 1275 students.girls make up 52% of the population,and 1/3 of the girls are in 7th grade how many girls are in kings 7th grade class ?

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Question 574583: a sofa is on sale for 64 % off
the sale price is $316.80
what is the regular price
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Question 574772: Need help solving...142 is what % of 460?
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Question 574740: (Find the value of the mark-up or discount please)
original: $40.00
percent of mark up: 8%
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Question 575375: FIND EACH PERCENT CHANGE.ROUND TO THE NEAREST TENTH. FROM 261 TO 30 , FROM 264 TO 294
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Question 577122: 20% of 15
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Question 577126: what is the slope and y-intercept of y = 6x-12 ?

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