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Question 619714: what is 20 1/4% of 760?

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Question 620029: the ratio of income of A to that B is 5:4 and the expenditure of A to that of B is 3:2 if at end of the year each saves 800 the income of A is ?
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Question 620942: The distance between two cities is 18 kilometers. How far apart should the cities be on a map with a scale of 1/2 centimeter = 3 kilometers? and that's all it says.
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Question 621192: What is 2 over 1 equals to 8 over 50
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Question 621192: What is 2 over 1 equals to 8 over 50
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Question 621793: Carl has $135 in the bank and plans to save $5 per week. Jean has $90 in the bank and plans to save $10 per week. How many weeks will it be before Jean has at least as much in the bank as Carl?

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Question 621804: What is three-fourths squared?
3/4 ^2

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Question 621805: What is three-fifths cubed?
3/5 ^3
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Question 622165: in a certain company 140 of the employees are men. what is the total number of employees if 5 out of every 7 employees are men
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Question 622672: please help me find the solution of converting 365 days - seconds

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Question 622678: what is the solution of converting 365 days - seconds

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Question 622678: what is the solution of converting 365 days - seconds

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Question 622675: please help me find the solution of converting 365 days - seconds

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Question 622677: please help me find the solution of converting 365 days - seconds

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Question 622824:
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Question 622953: if 60 women spin 48 kg of cotton by working 8 hrs daily, how much cotton will 30 women spin by working 12 hrs daily?
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Question 622912: I'm confused about percents, and obtaining specific numbers using the decimals of percents of over 100%.
For example I want to obtain a product of 75,000 using 103% value.
So what I do is this:
(75,000 / 0.97) * 1.03 = 74932.5
I NEVER get exactly 75,000 value using the 103%. I want it exactly 75,000!
Thanks in advance.
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Question 622905: A man spends in 3 months what he earns in 2 months. IF his savings his rs. 125 per month. Find his monthly income ?. Q2. If a certain number is multiplied by 5 and 7 is added to the product and sum is divided by 3, then 3 is subtracted from the quotient, the result is 11. Find the number ?
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Question 623048: Can you please help me with something? My question is how do i solve proportions?
I've been trying to figure that out and i was hoping you could help me. Thank you for your time to help me. You are nice
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Question 623131: what fraction of an hour is 1,350 seconds?
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Question 623285: Solve the Proportion for x: x/8 = 5/3
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Question 623786: The distance, d, a ball will roll down an inclined plane is directly proportional to the square of the time, t. If the ball rolls 8 ft in 2 seconds, how far will it roll in 4 seconds?
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Question 624691: Greek architects considered a rectangle whose -1.5,2.6,6) to be the most visually appealing. Find the length and width of a rectangle constructed in this manner if the sum of the length and with is 130 ft.
HELP ME PLEASE.
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Question 624842: If three men take 3 days to complete a piece of work, how many days will 2 men take to complete the same piece of work?
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Question 624868: John saves Nu. 2 in january, Nu. 6 in february, Nu. 18 in march and so on. The total saving in one year by John is how much?
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Question 624869: 2 persons, A and B start running a certain distance at 8 and 10kmh respectively. gB reaches the destination 6 minutes earlier. The distace is:
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Question 625050: what is 1/4 of half of 1/5 of 200
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Question 625375: Can someone please help me with the rational expression please?
to determine the number of deer in a game reserve, a conservationist catches 658 deer, tags them and lets them loose. Later, 724 deer are caught, 182 of them are tagged. how many deer are in the preserve?
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Question 626228: if y=-5 when x=25,find x when y=45
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Question 626453: John wants to travel from P to B in India. He had two options to reach
B from P. He can either travel by air which takes 30 minutes or by a taxi
which takes 10 hours. The air ticket will cost him Nu. 5,000 and the taxi fare will costs him Nu. 1,250. Other things remaining constant, John would gain by choosing air travel if, and only if, his time were valued at more than:
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Question 626428: 8:12::6:?

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Question 626603: Electric current (i) flowing in a circuit is inversely proportional to resistance (R).The current flow is 2 amps. When the resistance is 3 ohms.Find
(1) the resistance when the current flow is 5 and 6 amps.respectly.
(2) the current flow in a circuit when the resistance is 4 and 6 ohms respectly.
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Question 626816: Solve V = LWH for L?
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Question 626859: For the propotion 4/x+1 = 3/x+2, all of the other websites I looked at said the answer was x=-5, but I got positive five. Can someone tell me which the correct solution is? I cross-multiplied and got 4x + 8 = 3x + 3. Wouldn't that be x=5?
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Question 627742: how many mg of bretylium chloride are needed to prepare 3 L of 1:30,000 solution?
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Question 628233: Solve the proportion. Enter your answer in the following format: x=4.5
8/x =5/12

I need help with this can anyone help me by explaining the steps to me Please.
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Question 629214: Rx: zink oxide 20% ointment 90g. how many grams of zink oxide 40% ointment and zink oxide 10% ointment should you mix to prepare the prescription.
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Question 629383: The length of a rectangle is 8 inches and its width is 5 inches. Find the ratio of length to width? Thank you for helping me.
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Question 629383: The length of a rectangle is 8 inches and its width is 5 inches. Find the ratio of length to width? Thank you for helping me.
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Question 630075: If w, x, y, and z are four nonzero numbers, then all of the following proportions are equivalent EXCEPT

(A) z/w=x/y
(B) w/x=y/z
(C) y/w=z/x
(D) x/z=w/y
(E) xy/wz=1/1
please include explanations.. thanks!
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Question 630161: Please help me solve this equation 1 1/2: 9=x:18
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Question 630509: 1. A student who is 5' 6" cast a 4' shadow. How many feet tall is a nearby tree which cast a 24' shadow?
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Question 631001: the average salary per head of all workers in a company is Rs.95.the average salary of 15 officers is Rs.525 and the average salary per head of the rest is Rs.85.find the total number of workers in the workshop?
options
660
580
650
460
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Question 631627: Water and grape juice concentrate were mixed in a ratio of 5 to 3 to make grape juice. After 14 cups of grape concentrate was added, the amount of water and grape concentrate was equal. How much grape juice was originally in the mixture?
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