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Question 41916: Can someone help me with this problem?
How do you write 1/8 as a percent.
Thanks,
Sher
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Question 41995: What number is 15 and 1/2 percentof 1,200?
Please show how you got this answer and work it out for me!
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p.s. please respond before Thursday.
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Question 42007: Please help me with this problem.
What number is 15 and 1/2 percent of 1,200?
please work out this problem for me to show how you got this problem.
Thank you.
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Question 42142: Can someone help me with this problem?
What is the percent increase in the population for all six inhabited continents, excluding Asia, from 1950 to 2000?
Population in 1950 total is 965,000,000
Population in 2000 total is 2,251,000,000
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Sher
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Question 42139: I need some help with this problem:
I need to compare the population per square mile in Asia to the population per square mile in NOrth American for the year 2000.
Population for North America was 305,000,000
" " Asia was 4,028,000,000
Thank you,
sher
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Question 42184: Can someone help me solve this problem?
In 2000 the six continents MEAN population was 1,046,500,000
In 1950 the six contienets MEAN WAS 426,000,000
I need to know what was the percent increase in the mean population from 1950 to 2000?
Thanks,
Sher
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Question 42286: Can you hlep me figure this out?
Mark uses 1pt 9 fl oz and then 2 pt 10 fl oz from a container of film developer that holds 3qt. How much of the developer remains?
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Question 42706: what are the applications of pie charts
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Question 42849: Can someone help me solve this problem?
South America population in 1900 was 38,000,000 in 1950 was 111,000,00 and in 2000 it was 515,000,00
It's land area (1,000 sq. mi) was 6,900 and % of Earth is 11.9
I need to know what was the percent increase in the population in South America from 1900 to 2000?
Thanks!
Sher
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Question 42976: Can someone help me with this problem?
477,000,000 * 100/38,000,000 = what percent?
Thanks,
Lyn
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Question 42998: The following pie chart represents the eye color of students in a certain class.
OTHER = 17%
BLUE = 33%
BROWN = 50%
If there were 50 students in the class, how many students had brown eyes?
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Question 43058: Could someone help me solve this problem? I have submitted it 3 times and I guess no has seen it yet.
In North America the populaton for the yr. 2000 was 305,000,00 & in Asia it was 4,028,000,000. The land area (1,000 sq. mi) is North America is 9,400 and in Asia it's 17,400
The question is: I need to compare the population per square mile in Asia to the population per square mile in North America for the year 2000.
Thanks,
Sher
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Question 44272: Can someone help me with this problem?
I need to write 0.21 as a percent.
Thanks,
Lyn
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Question 44271: Can someone help me on this problem?
I need to write 0.06 as a percent.
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Lyn
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Question 44390: if 160 kilograms of an alloy contain 76.8 kilograms of copper, what percent of th alloy is copper?
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Question 44389: a real estate broker recieves a commission of 15% for selling a house. If she recieved $3750 as a commission for sale, what was the price of the house?
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Question 44478: Can someone help me on this?
List the factors of the number 27.
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Sher
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Question 44542: Can someone help me with this problem?
I need to write 0.06 as a percent.
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Sher
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Question 44669: x + 11% = 45,045.12. What is x
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Question 45355: what percent of 200 is 550?? Please include dagram or something
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Question 45512: please help me solve this asap

A man earning $180 per week in salary is given an increase to $200 per week. The increase is what percent of his original salary?
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Question 45532: An employee's new salary is $26355 after a 5% raise. How much was the employee's original salary?
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Question 45532: An employee's new salary is $26355 after a 5% raise. How much was the employee's original salary?
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Question 45605: please help me solve this problem asap
In buying a house for $24,600, a man makes a down payment of 16 2/3%. How much is his down payment
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Question 45633: 40% of what number is 32
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Question 45633: 40% of what number is 32
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Question 45634: how do you find the median?
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Question 45635: 50% of a certain number is 13. What is the number
please help me asap
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Question 45650: please help me asap
if $32 is 15% of a certain amount, what is the amount? (Answer to the nearest cent)
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Question 45829: how many more people preferred WWCN then WANR
WWCN IS AT 41% AND WANR IS AT 22%
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Question 45855: Can someone help me on this problem?
In a weekend baseball game tournament, Joel had 4 hits in 13 times at bat. That is, he hit safely 4/13 of the time. Write the decimal equivalent for Joel's hitting, rounding to three decimal places. (That number is Joel's batting average.)
Thanks,
Sher
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Question 45998: How many mL of a 6% acidic solution must be added to 20 mL of a 14% acidic solution to reduce the acidity level to 12%
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Question 46440: hi where do I post for word problems in algebra?
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Question 47149: Hello, Can you tell me if I did this right?
15 1/2 percent of 1,200
15.50% or 1,200
n= 15.50% . 1,200 = 186
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Question 47225: Can someone help me on this problem?
The simple interest I on a principal of P dollars at interest rate r for time t, in years, is given by I =Prt. I need to find the simple interest on a principal of $6,000 at 3% for 2 years. (3% = 0.03)
Thanks,
Lyn

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Question 47395: Find 1/2 of 1%190 tons
225 is 25% of what amount?
120 is what percent of 240?
what do discounts of 25%, 8%, and 5% amount to on a bill of $300.00?
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Question 47470: An employee of a discount appliance stre receivesan additional 20% off the losest cost of an item, during a 15% sale the employee buys an appliance which originally cost $450 how much doesthe employee have to pay?
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Question 48016: If there are 100 people in the town, how many people have both cats and dogs?
Dogs only-44%
Cats only-28%
Both-22%
Neither-6%
What formula would I use to figure this out?
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Question 48129: please help me out with this problem
25 is what part of 35?
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Question 48132: please do not count this problem against me because i already entered it but nobody answered me.
25 is what part of 35?
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Question 48349: Identify the rate in the statement "427 is 61% of 700".

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Question 48413: Cindy earns a 15% commission on all sales. On Saturday, she sold $985.40 worth of merchandise.
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Question 48412: A construction manager calculates it will cost $2,894.50 for materilas for her next project. She must add in 12.5% for scraps and extras.
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Question 48588: 37.5% as a common fraction...how do you figure this out without a calculator??
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Question 48588: 37.5% as a common fraction...how do you figure this out without a calculator??
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