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Question 340679: An author completed 10 chapters of his book in the first month. In the second month, he completed 5 chapters. By what percent did his chapter completion decrease?
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Question 341311: There are more pupils in School A than School B.
30% of the pupils in School A is 45 more than 40% of the pupils in School B.
If 10% of the pupils in School A leaves to join School B, there will be 200 more pupils in School A than School B.
(a) How many pupils are there in School B ?
(b) How many percent less pupils are there in School B than School A ?
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Question 341379: What is 1% of 320?
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Question 341380: What is 64% of 320?
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Question 342267: On Bill's football squad, 1/3 of the players walk to practice and 25% are driven by their parent. The remaining 15 players take the bus. How many members are on the football squad?
Can you guys help me out with this one. Lots of thanks!!!
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Question 343009: Your weekly paycheck is 15 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 635 . Find the amount of each paycheck
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Question 343169: on my algebra homework it asks 40% of what number is 20 and thats where I get stuck because i dont know if I should put the 20 over the 40 or vice versamfor the cross multipliacation
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Question 343263: there are 99 students and 36% drink milk in the morning.
HOW MANY STUDENTS DRINK MILK FOR BREAKFEAST?
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Question 343547: Dinner guests ate 25 percent of an apple pie and 60 percent of a cherry pie. In all, how much pie was left?
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Question 344045: in cranston, taxis charge $4 plus 90 cents per mile for an airport pickup. how far from the airport can ralph travel for $17.50?
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Question 344492: If the sales tax on a $30 item is 1.80, What is the sale tax rate?
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Question 344570: A salesperson's weekly paycheck is 25% less than a second salesperson's paycheck. The two paychecks total $1275. Find the amount of each pay check.
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Question 344774: express 12 out of 16 as a percent
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Question 345133: a person standing on mars would weigh 38% of his earth weight. What is the mars weight of a person with the earth weight of 55 kilograms
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Question 345230: I need to convert numbers into a percentage to make a pie chart...how do I do this? the first # is 13 and the total number is 31.
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Question 345352: If I sold a car for $4680.00 and made a 20% profit, how much did I pay for the car ? how do I figure this out ?
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Question 346171: find the total cost of a pair of jeans that costs $32 and has an 8% sales tax.
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Question 346207:
Eric deposited $4000 into an account with 2.4% interest, compounded annually. Assuming that no withdrawals are made, how much will he have in the account after 10 years?
Do not round any intermediate computations, and round your answer to the nearest cent.

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Question 346181: 3+4[13-2(6-3)]
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Question 346686: Can someone help me and show me how to do this.
$5000 at 10% at 3 years
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Question 346685: Can someone help me and show me how to do this
]1.$1000 at 8% for 5 years
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Question 346774: what percent of 75 is 30
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Question 345974: if a test was worth 100 points but the average was 70% and i got a 72%, what would i have (letter wise, a B or C)?
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Question 347170: What is for a semiannual compounding period?
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Question 347175: if 48% of the students are female, there are 1,440 female, what is the total number of students in the college?
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Question 347181: the lenght of a rectangle is 2 1/5 yds, width is 1 2/3 yds. find the perimeter.

find the slope and y intercept and graph. y=-2/3x+1
find x and y intercept and graph. 2x+3y=6
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Question 347167: How much would you have in 10 years if you purchased a $2,000.00 6-year savings certificate that paid 6% compounded annually?
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Question 347168: Suppose $2,300 is deposited in an account for 6 years paying 6% compounded daily. What is the future value of the account?
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Question 347178: 4,320 real states agents in the country, if 3/4 are woman and the rest men, how many numbers of agents men?
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Question 347387: an alloy of metals is 25% copper. another alloy is 50% copper. how much of each should be used to make 1000 grams of an alloy that is 45% copper?
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Question 349026: 109.6 million is 1054% of what number?
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Question 349816: If the percent of increase is 16% and the new number is 522, how do we find the original number?
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Question 349937: a pro shop in a bowling alley drops the price of bowling balls 24% to a sale price of $134.20. what was the original price?
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Question 349951: an appliance store drops the price of a certain type of tv 18% to a sale price of $410. what was the original price?
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Question 349959: money is borrowed at 12% simple interest. after 1 year, $896 pays off the loan.
how much was borrowed originally?
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Question 349959: money is borrowed at 12% simple interest. after 1 year, $896 pays off the loan.
how much was borrowed originally?
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Question 349965: money is borrowed at 11% simple interest. after 1 year, $721.50 pays off the loan. how much was the borrowed originally?
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Question 349897: Your weekly paycheck is 30 percent less than your coworker's. Your two paychecks total 700. Find the amount of each paycheck.
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Question 350147: after 25% reduction the table is $120. what was the regular price?
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Question 350194: How much principal, invested at 8% annual interest for 3 years, is needed to earn $1000?
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Question 350193: How much interest will be charged on a student loan if $8000 is borrowed for 9 months at a 19.2% annual interest rate?
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Question 350191: A retailer has some skirts that cost her $24. If she sells them for $31.20, find her rate of profit based on the cost.
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Question 350654: Employees of a discount appliance store recieve an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally costs $450?
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Question 351573: 216 is what percent of 200
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