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Question 26315: I cant seem to figure out how to write this proportion for the word problem:The length of a rectangular garden is 3/2 its width. It takes 50 m of edging to create a border. Find the dimensions of the garden.
Thank you so much!! If know how to write the proportion I'm sure I can figureout how to get the answer. Thanks again!
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Question 25364: 32 over 27 equals x over 15. do u no the answer
13 over n equals 10 over 6. do u no the answer
a map has a scale of 7 cm represisents 8 km. which proportion would not allow u to find the actual distance between two cities if they are 9 cm apart on the map?
which of the following fractions has the greatest value.
22over21 20over13 19over20 28over37
by the way i need to explain how i got all of these answers
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Question 25978: the taylor family has a turnout of 38 people. they decidedd to go ice skating instead of having a picnic. admission for the group cost $134.00. How many adults and how many children were at the reunion?
prices
adults 4.00
kids 3.00
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Question 26677: This Question is hard to understand please help????
An internet company sells CD's for $10 and cassettes for $8. In one hour they sold eight times as many Cd's as cassettes. If their sales totaled $704, how many of each type did they sell?
my answer: 704-10x-8c 10(88)-8c
8-1= $88
704/88=8
10 Cd's and 8 cassettes.
could you please explain to me what I'm doing wrong????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Question 28924: how do I solve probability of compound events like this:
P(male or ninth grader)
if this is the problem:
A student is selected at random from a group of male and female students in the seventh, eighth, or ninth grade.
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Question 29147: Caramel corn costs $2.00 per pound and peanuts cost $4.00 per pound. A candy store owner makes 50 lbs of caramel corn/peanut mix that costs $2.40 per pound. How much caramel corn is in the mix?
Thank you,
lyra
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Question 30485: I am helping my grandson with the problems listed below. These are simple, I thought if I could see the solutions for a few of these, then I could explain the answers to him.. Thank you very much
solve the proportions .. round to the nearest tenth
X/9=15/2 29/U=75/44 9.47/P=3.33/1
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Question 28957: Hi,
Please help me set this problem up in an algebraic equation. To find the answer is easy, but I don't have a clue how to set it up. Thanks! Here it is: At a milk processing plant 100 lbs. of farm milk are needed to make 8.13 lbs. of nonfat dry milk. To the nearest pound, how many pounds of farm milk are needed to produce 100 lbs. of nonfat dry milk?
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Question 30826: i really need help on it so the problem is 6and one half subtract 1and nine tenths i don't know how to subtract this fraction it is really important for me to know this it is on my homework and i really need help on it because i have to turn it in tomorrow thank you for your time.
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Question 30986: I need to figure out the proportion to find the percent discount from a regular price ticket $8.00 to a $6.50 discounted price
I know the discount is 1.50 but How do I set up the proportion???
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Question 27503: I need help with problems like this "What percent of 200 is 25?" and there are other ways to the other problems but the words are just diffrent, like "What is 15 percent of 223?" It's very hard. I need an explanation!
Molly
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