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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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Question 73768: 20% of 91235660200
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Question 73948: Sally went to the DVD store ot buy some DVDs. They were having a summer sizzler sale and the DVDs were 20% off. The DVD Sally was looking at was $20 after the discount. What was the original price of the DVD? Show and explain all your work.
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Question 74173: how do i find the squares?
(7p+6q)^2

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Question 74562: what is 125%of 75
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Question 74843: 12% of 50 is what number
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Question 74809: If 300 is increased by 37 1/2%, what is the resulting number? draw a diagram of the problem.
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Question 75047: How many cups of party mix that is 64% pretzels must be added to 84 cups of a party mix that is 43% pretzels to make a party that is 50% pretzles?
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Question 75045: How many ounces of a 15% saline solution must be added to 30 ounces of a 5% saline to make a 10% saline solution?
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Question 75045: How many ounces of a 15% saline solution must be added to 30 ounces of a 5% saline to make a 10% saline solution?
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Question 75028This question is from textbook

: adrian purchased 20 ballet tickets for a total of $1110.How much would it have cost him for 150 ballet tickets solve using both the rate and proportion methodsThis question is from textbook

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Question 75028This question is from textbook

: adrian purchased 20 ballet tickets for a total of $1110.How much would it have cost him for 150 ballet tickets solve using both the rate and proportion methodsThis question is from textbook

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Question 75623This question is from textbook Elementary algebra
: Solve F = 9C+160/5 for C
I know how do this going the other way, but I can't figure it out this way.This question is from textbook Elementary algebra

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Question 75950: what is 30% of 85?
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Question 76021: OK, I am banging my head on my desk over this one!
I have 27 coins in nickles, dimes and quarters. There are five more dimes than nickles. The total value of the coins is $3.55. What is the number of quarters?
Ugg! Please help, thank you
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Question 76434: I have tried to solve these type problems and I cannot figure out the steps to solve them, if someone could help me with this one and show me steps on how to solve others like it I would really appreciate it.
Tyler has two savings accounts that his grandparents opened for him. The two accounts pay 10% and 16% in annual interest; there is $500 more in the account that pays 16% than there is in the other account. If the total interest for a year is $288, how much money does he have in each account?
How much was invested at 10%_____ and 16%______
Thank you so very much
Sabrina
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Question 77006: Science and medicine. A chemist has 300 milliliters (mL) of solution that is 18%
acid. How many milliliters of acid are in the solution?
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Question 77012: Business and finance. If the total bill at a restaurant, including a 15% tip, is
$65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
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Question 77010: Business and finance. The electricity costs of a business decreased from $12,000
one year to $10,920 the next. What is the rate of decrease?
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Question 77009: Statistics. A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed. What percent
of those surveyed were left-handed?
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Question 77008: Business and finance. Ms. Jordan has been given a loan of $2500 for 1 year. If
the interest charged is $275, what is the interest rate on the loan?
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Question 77005: Business and finance. Paul invested $5000 in a time deposit. What interest will
he earn for 1 year if the interest rate is 6.5%?
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Question 77116: What is 160% of $47.99 ?
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Question 77251: Identify the base in the statement “93% of 400 is 372.”
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Question 77235: Convert 6.3 to a percent.
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Question 77247: A home purchased for $300,000 depreciated 8% over a 1-year period. What was the value of the home at the end of the year?
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Question 77244: If the sales tax rate is 5.5% and the tax on a purchase is $22, what was the amount of the purchase?
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Question 77238: A television is marked down from $350 to $308. What is the discount rate? Hint: The amount is equal to the change (difference) in price.
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Question 77241: An 800 g solution of acid and water contains 128 g of acid. What percent of the solution is acid?
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Question 78067: A marketing company expects 6% of people to return surveys sent to them in the mail. Of the surveys they actually get back, 1/3 are unreadable. If the company wants to receive 200 readable surveys, how many must they mail out?
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Question 78702: Identify the amount in the statement "140 is 28% of 500"
I would really appreciate someone's help in explaing this to me.
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Question 78702: Identify the amount in the statement "140 is 28% of 500"
I would really appreciate someone's help in explaing this to me.
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Question 78698: Need some help
Exam Grades, Which if these grades has a better relative position?
a. A grade of 82 on a test with X=85 and s=6 (Note there is a line over the X)
b. A grade of 56 on a test with X=60 and s=5 ( Note there is a line over the X)
thank you for your time...Dave
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Question 78744: if the total bill at a restaurant, cincluding a 15% tip, is $65.32, what ws the cost of the meal
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Question 78753: How do I identify the base in the statement "50% of 300 is 150"??
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Question 78918: A certain sum of money is invested at 10%. Twice that amount is invested at 8%. The total amount of interest from both investment is $91. How much is invested at 8%?
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Question 79064: Use a=p(1 + r/n)^nt + a=Pe^rt to solve

Suposse that you have $7000 to invest which investment yeilds the greater return over 8 years:
8.75% compounded continuesly or 8.9% compunded semiannually?
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Question 79065: The ph of a slution ranges from 0 to 14. An acid has a ph less than 7. Pure water is neutural and has a ph of 7. The ph of the solution is given by PH =
-logx Were x represents the conncentration of the hydrogen it has in the solution in moles per liter. Find the hydrogen on concentration if the Ph=3.
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Question 79108: Find the accumulated interest of an investment of $17,000 at 6% compounded semiannually for 6 years. Thanks

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Question 79247: whats 50% of 120
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Question 79247: whats 50% of 120
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Question 79954: a dress regular sells for $140. the sale price is $95. What percent decrease of the sale price from the regualr price. I know this is simple, but i'm not thinking well right now. Thanks!
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Question 80146: Find the slope and y-intercept of the line represented by the following equation.
2x-3y=6
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Question 80142: Find the slope and y-intercept of the line represented by the following equation.
2x-3y=6
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Question 80391: 56. Social science. In a town election, the winning candidate had 220 more votes than the loser. If 810 votes were cast in all, how many votes did each candidate receive?

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