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Question 67263: A department store advertised electric shavers at a sale price of $36. If this is a 20% discount, what was the original price?
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Question 67341: Find each percent of change. Round to the nearest tenth of a precent. Tell if it is a decrease or increse.

24 to 21

100 to 113

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Question 67895: Hi i really need help with this problem.I have just started this kind of math and my teacher goes through this stuff so fast and i dont get it.Could you please explain this problem to me?The problem is the shirt on sale is for 30% off and when the person goes to the register to buy it the cashier says that she could get an additional 25%off .how much will she pay if the original price of the shirt is $40.00.THANK YOU
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Question 68026: $1.04 is the sales tax. 6.5% is the percentage. What was the total cost? I can't get the right formula to come up with $16.00
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Question 68115: Convert 9/16 to a percent.
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Question 68443: 11/44 into a percent
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Question 68642: Evaluate 9.2% of 180.
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Question 68640: What percent of 48 is 12?
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Question 68641: 78 is 15% of what number?
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Question 68639: What percent of 48 is 12?
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Question 69307: Tickets to the Superbowl were selling for $325. When it got closer to the big game ticket prices skyrocketed to $3055. What was the percent of increase
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Question 69675: You invest 10,000, part at 6% annual interest and the rest at 9% annual interest. If you received 684 in interest after one year, how much did you invest at each rate?
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Question 69851: what is the percentage for 36 of 20%
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Question 70045: In a town of 360 people, 80%can read and write. 90%of the males alone can read and write, but only 180 of the females can read and write. How many females are in the town?
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Question 70235: 12% of 12 is what number?

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Question 70606: I am trying to help my son to figure out how to set up and solve the following types of problems:
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4. 15 is what percent of 60
5. 30 is 60% of what number

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Question 70611: A newspaper has 12,240,000 subscribers this year. The number of subscribers is down 8% from last year. How many subscribers were there last year? Only info is Form A,Chapter 1-6 Cuulative Assessment
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Question 70760: I need to solve for R.
92=R-.08R
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Question 70922: I need help
a store sells everything at 30% off the list price. if it sells a 13 in television for $98, what is the list price?

thanks
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Question 70992: hello out there i need help with four algebra questions can anybody help and if so thank you very much,here is the problems:How much interest will Ms.Williams earn if she invests $500 at 5% for 6 years.The next one is,Manny opens a savings account that earns 6% annual interest.His goal is to earn $600 interest in 5 years.How much money does he need to deposit?The next one is,express 7 over 8 as a percent.And the last question is,Mr.Ortega buys a car for $16,500.A state sales tax of 4% is then added to the price of the car.What is the total price?Thank you to whoever helps me
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Question 70978: Please help I have been trying to figure this out all day...please help anyone? Ok here the question in a table format.Please help..
ok there are two parts to the table, there is one list of Departments and the other is Forecasted Expenditure Buget. Ok i will list the department with its budget then i will ask the question.
Wages/Salaries- $7,330 Commissions- $3,040 Promotions- $850 Incentives- $1,080 Advertising/Marketing- $2,400 Administrative-$2,890
Total Expenditures-- $17,590 Total Revenue-- $ 26,140
Question : What are the approximate percent of Expenditures for Promotions and Incentives combined in the table?

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Question 71272: Find each percent. Round to the nearest tenth.
1.)294.3% of 81 =
2.) 0.006% of 13,712 =
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Question 71444: This year, 75% of the graduating class of Harriet Tubman School had taken at least 8 math courses. Of the remaining class members, 60% had taken 6 or 7 math courses. What percent of the graduating class had taken fewer than 6 math courses.
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Question 71995: X-.20X=1400
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Question 72017: Hello to all,I had some questions that I need help with and I do thank whoever can help me,the first one is,How much interest will Ms. Williams earn if she invests $550 at 5% for 6 years.The next one is,In the year 2010,6.7% of the US population is projected to be under the age of 5.If the population will be about 298 million,about how many people will be in this age range?Round your answer to the nearest ten thousand.The third one is,The cost of a computer decreases from $1500 to $1200 after 3 months.Find the percent decrease.And the last one is,this one is really confusing,An internet company sells CDs for $10 and tapes for $8.In one hour they sold eight times as many CDs as tapes.If their sales totaled $704,how many CDs did they sell?That one has been giving me a problem the most.Thank you to any one that helps me.

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Question 72318: employees of a discoumt 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 cost $450?
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Question 72341: Jay earns $2,500 a month. He pays $850 a month to rent an apartment. What percent of Jay's income does he pay for rent?
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Question 72563: Jason is a salesperson in the electronics department. He is 25% short of his goal for the week. His goal is to earn 448. for each CD player he sells he earns 56.00. how many CD players does he need to sell in order to meet his goal?
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Question 72559: the vote count for candidate A was 7,310. the votecount for candidate B was14,190. Only two candidates were running. What percentage of the voters voted for candidate A.
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Question 72561: the Waltzer average phone bill increased from 16.65 to 19.98. what percentage did it increase?
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Question 72556: A fund drive announces that it has raised $3,276. which is 70% of its goal. How much more must be raised?
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Question 72560: the Waltzer average phone bill increased from 16.65 to 19.98. what percentage did it increase?
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Question 72656: For a small party, sita made a bowl of punchby mixing 2cups of pineapple juice,4 cups of orange juice and 6 cup of a soda.Then she removed 2 cups of the punch and added 1 cup of orange juice and 1 cup of soda. The orange juice is now what fractional part of the punch?
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Question 72820: Glenn is making a circle graph to show his monthly expenses. If 12.5% of his expenses are for food, what would be the the measure of the central angle for the sector of the graph labeled " Food"?
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
A. 12.5 DEGREES
B. 36 DEGREES
C. 45 DEGREES
D. 63 DEGREES
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Question 72817: Four students ran for a class president. In the election, Gloria got 50% of the votes, Kenny got 25%, Art got 12.5%, and Stuart got 40 votes. How many students voted in this election.
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
A. 80
B. 200
C. 160
D. 320
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Question 72829: What precent of 120 is 15?
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Question 72829: What precent of 120 is 15?
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Question 72823:
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Question 72916: X1.a pair of jeans ison sale for 15% off the oroiginal price.the sale price of the jeans is 29.74. what was the original price?

2.jalisha invested some money and made an 8% profit. the current value of her investment is 1.308. how much did she invest initially?

3.a refrigerated truck leaves a rest stop after traveling at a steady rate of 56mi/h.a car leaves the same rest stop 1/4 hour laterfollowing the truck at a steady rate of 56mi/h. how long after the truck leaves the rest stop will the car overtake the truck?

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Question 73338: 154 questionnaires were received out of 174 sent. What is the percentage received?
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Question 73485: One solution is 10% acid and another is 25%acid. Howmany litres ofeach should be mixed to form 30L of a solution that is 18% acid?
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Question 73601: 63 is increased by 40% whats the percentage of increase
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Question 73666: convert decimals to percents Thanks
0.40=
1.02=
0.05=
0.001/2=
0.375=
persents to fractions
60%=
7%=2/3%=
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Question 73664: convert decimals to % thanks
0.40=
1.20=
0.05=
0.001/2=
0.375=
percents to fractions 60%=
7%=

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