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Question 615003: A man travels a total of 4.2 miles each day to and from work. The traveling consumes 72 minutes each day. How many hours would he save in 129 working days if he moved to another residence so that he would travel only 1.7 miles each day, assuming he travels at the same rate?
A)98.3
B)97
C)95.6
D)93.2
E)92.3
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Question 615160: A plane is flying from city A to city B at m mph. Another plane flying from B to A travels at 50 mph faster than the first plane. The cities are R miles apart. If both planes depart at the same time, in terms of R and m, how far are they from city A when they pass?
A) (R/m)+50
B) (Rm/2m) -50
C)Rm/2m+50
D)R+50/m+50
E)m+50/R
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Question 616514: A man rowed 3 miles upstream in 90 minutes. If the river flowed with a current of 2 miles per hour, how long did the man's return trip take?
A)20 minutes
B)30 minutes
C)45 minutes
D)60 minutes
E)80 minutes
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Question 619092: Jason is a salesperson in the electronics department of a store. He is 16% short of his goal for the week. His goal is to earn $550. For each CD player he sells he earns $44. How many CD players does he have to sell in order to meet his goal?
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Question 622945: Americans are recycling about 61.9% of all yard trimmings. What amount of yard trimmings did the average American recycle per day in 2005? The pie chart states that yard trimmings on chart are equal to 13.1% of 4.5 lbs.of waste per day? I cant even begin to work this word problems are confussing to me as it is this is too much for me to begin to comprehend any help will be greatly appreciated...Thank you very much
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Question 622922: please help me figure out this percentage:
there are 4 exams worth 15% each.
and a final exam worth 25 %
here are the scores of the 4 exams: 77.5 %, 80 %, 94%, and 80 %, what must i get on the final exam to achieve atleast an 80% final grade
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Question 623533: please help me figure out this percentage:
there are 4 exams worth 15% each.
and a final exam worth 25 %
here are the scores of the 4 exams: 77.5 %, 80 %, 94%, and 80 %, what must i get on the final exam to achieve atleast an 80% final grade
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Question 623688: 12 games were won out of 16. What percent of the games were won?
My solution:
16-12=4
4/16= 1/4 convert 4/1= .25; therefore they won 25% of their games, but the answer key says that it is 75%. I just want to know if i'm right or wrong; if not please instruct me where the error is; thank you.
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Question 623831: If we generate 4.5lbs. of solid waste per day, and 13.1% of that is yard trimmings, how many pounds of yard trimmings do we generate?
Now that we know that amount of yard trimmings, if we recycle 61.9% of them, how many pounds of yard trimmings get recycled? Will somebody please help show me how to find the answer to this problem...This is the third time I have tried to get the right answer....This is like a 911 emergency to me I am in trouble here!!!!! Anyone smart enough to do this will be my hero..Thank you for your time it is greatly appreciated.
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Question 624154: A local Dunkin Donuts shop reported that it's sales have increased exactly 22% per year for the last 2 years. This year's sales were $82,500. What were Dunkin Donuts sales 2 years ago? Round each years' sales to the nearest dollar.
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