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Question 152790This question is from textbook
: Mario has 55 CDs. Write an expression to represent the total number of CDs he will have after 18 months if he buys x CDs per month.This question is from textbook

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Question 152830: D -92: Compounded semiannually. P dollars is invested at annual interest rate r for 1 year. If the interest is compounded semiannually, then the polynomial P(1+ r/2)2 (the r and 2 is in fraction from and the 2 outside the parentheses is a degree) represents the value of the investment after 1 year. Rewrite this expression without parentheses. Evaluate the polynomial if P=$200 and r= 10%.
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Question 152978: can anyone help me with this, please? I am terrible at word problems.

"Ted owes $14,000 to Mary. The loan is payable in 1 year at 10%. Mary needs cast so 4 months before the loan is payable, she goes to the bank which will pay her the matuiry value of the loan less a 14% discount fee. Find the amount Mary will receive."

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Question 153130: The Post Office of the Principality of the Urals (POPU) charges 23 cents per ounce plus a flat rate of 6 cents for packages mailed within the country. The privately run Package Express company (PEPU) has a delivery charge of $5.50 per package plus $1.75 for each pound. For what size packages would using PEPU instead of POPU be more economical if only the charges are considered?
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Question 153154: Mark and Kate are establishing a fund for their son's college education. What lump sum must they deposit in an account that gives 8% annual interest rate, compounded monthly, in order for them to have $60,000 in the account at the end of 10 years?
Can anyone help me out? Please and thank you!

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Question 152971This question is from textbook college algebra
: I am just not understanding the steps within the problems, how to set it up and go through with it. Thank you! This question is from textbook college algebra

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Question 153156: I am wretched at money! Help, please!!

In order to purchase a home, a family borrows $318,000 at 7.8% for 20 years. What is their monthly payment? What is their monthly payment if they secure the loan for 15 years, rather than 20 years? How much money would they save in interest charges if they paid the loan off in 15 years, rather than 20?

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Question 153438: A jar contains 40 Coins consisting of dimes and quarters and having a total value of $4.90. How many of each coin are there?
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Question 153387This question is from textbook pre-algebra
: Using eight coins, how can you make change for 65 cents that will not make change for a quarter?This question is from textbook pre-algebra

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Question 153380: using eight coins, how can you make change for 65 cents that will not make change for a quarter?
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Question 153555: Find the original price of a computer if a 2% discount on its original price results in a savings of $85.
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Question 153554: Brittany earns $75 in a week doing yard work. If she spends $19.20 on CDs, what percentage of her earnings did she spend on CDs?
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Question 153650: Please help me solve: Susan Marciano invested part of her $18,000 bonus in a fund that paid an 8% profit and invested the rest in stock that suffered a 3% loss. Find the amount of each investment if her overall net profit was $780.
They want to know: The amount invested at 8% is:
and the amount invested in stock is:

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Question 153873: Cody ordered game tickets that cost $7.50 for children and $12.00 for adults. She ordered 8 more children's tickets than adults tickets. Her total bill was $138. How many of each type of ticker did she order?

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Question 153784: the numbers on karl's three raffle tickets are consecutive integers. the sum of the numbers is 138. what are the numbers?
please and thank you

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Question 153768: the diffrence between six times a number and 9 is equal to five times the sum of the number and 2. find the number
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Question 153783: the sum of the page numbers on consecutive pages of a book is 267. what are the page numbers?
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Question 154197: rajan purchased a purse at 25%discount on its marked price but sold it at the marked price. find the gain percent of rajan on this transaction.
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Question 154536: How long would it take for $100 to become $1000 if it is invested at an 8% annual interest rate that is compounded quarterly?
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Question 154978This question is from textbook
: A plumber and his assistant work together to replace the pipes in an old house. The plumber charges $45 an hour for his own labor and $25 an hour for his assistant's labor. The plumber works twice as long as his assistant labor on this job, and the labor charge on the final bill is $4025. How long did the plumber and his assistant work on this job?This question is from textbook

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Question 155073This question is from textbook Practical Business Math Procedures
: Abby sold her house for $35,000. This sale represented a loss of 15% off the original price. What was the original price Abby paid for the house? This question is from textbook Practical Business Math Procedures

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Question 155354: An amount of money is invested at 4% annual simple interest, and twice that amount is invested at 5%. The total annual interest is $112. How much is invested at each rate?
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Question 155493This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
: Investing. A man invested $14,000, some at 7% and some at 10% annual interest. The annual income from these investments was $1,280. How much did e invest at each rate?This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

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Question 155842: a reduction of 20%in the price of sugar enables Mr shah to buy an extra 5kg of it for rs 320.find
1)original rate
2)the reduced price per kg

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Question 156225: Tim bought 3 times as many .20 stamps as .10 stamps and 6 times as many .10 at .05 stamps. He spent $63.75 on stamps. How many of each kind did he buy?
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Question 156220: Please help me solve this problem::
There is $65.00 in dimes and quarters. If there is 389 coins how many were dimes and how many were quarters?

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Question 156488: Prom tickets cost $50 for singles and $75 for couples. If $4000 is bought and 100 people attended how many tickets of each type were sold?
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Question 156795: Cindy's cell phone company charges $0.20 for each minute of a call. If she was charged a total of $14.40 for calls in the month of July, how many minutes had she used the phone that month?
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Question 156795: Cindy's cell phone company charges $0.20 for each minute of a call. If she was charged a total of $14.40 for calls in the month of July, how many minutes had she used the phone that month?
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Question 156867:
3. In 2002, Home Depot’s sales amounted to $58,200,000,000. In 2006, its sales were $90,800,000,000.
a. Write Home Depot’s 2002 sales and 2006 sales in scientific notation.
You can find the percent of growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006, follow these steps:
• Find the increase in sales from 2002 to 2006.
• Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales.
b. What was the percent growth in Home Depot’s sales from 2002 to 2006? Do all your work by using scientific notation.

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Question 156951: A man invested $6000 dollars and if 5% is in simple intrest and the rest is in 7% interest. if the anunal income on the interest is $372 how much money was put in each one?
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Question 157086: Find the dimensions of a rectangle whose perimeter is 26 meter and whose area is 40 square meters.
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Question 157083: At the football game, your group buys 10 hot dogs and 5 sodas and pays $12.50. Another group of people buys 7 hot dogs and 4 sodas for $9.00. What is the cost of one hot dog and one soda?
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Question 157377: What does it mean for interest to be compounded continuously as opposed to weekly, monthly or annually?
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Question 157562: watermelon cost $.39 per pound at a local market. Kent's watermelon cost between $4.00 and $5.00. what are the possible weights of his watermelon?
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Question 157559: a salesperson earns $350 per week plus 10% of her weekly sales. find the sales necessary for the salesperson to earn at least $800 in one week.
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Question 157563: a concrete slab requires between 10 and 12 yd cubed of concrete. if 2.5 yd cubed of concrete can be poured each hour, how long will it take to pour the slab?
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Question 157648: Nicole has $120.00. If she saves $20.00 per week, in how many days will she have $500.oo?
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Question 157947: An office supply store in San Diego sells 7 writing tablets and 4 pens for $ 6.40. Also, 2 tablets and 19 pens cost # 5.40. Find the price of each.

From a take home test

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Question 157997: If meena gives an intrest of Rs45 for one year at 9% rate p.a. . What is the sum she has borrowed?

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Question 158131: . If a vendor charges p dollars each for rugby shirts, then he expects to sell 2000 - 100p shirts at a tournament.
a) Find a polynomial R(p) that represents the total revenue when the shirts are p dollars each.
b) Find R(5), R(10), and R(20).
c) Use the bar graph to determine the price that will give the maximum total revenue

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Question 158129: . P dollars is invested at annual interest rate r for 1 year. If the interest is compounded semiannually, then the polynomial P (1+r/2)2 represents the value of the investment after 1 year. Rewrite this expression without parentheses. Evaluate the polynomial if P = $200 and r =10%.
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Question 158234: I got this question incorrect, but I do not know what I did wrong.
Hamlet had $54,650 in sales for this week. If he is paid a 6% commission, what was he paid for the week if he received his commission and an additional $100?
My Work:
54,650(.06)= 3,279
54,650+3,279= 57,929+100=$58,029
Final Answer: $58,029

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Question 158497: A cashier has 2 times as many nickels as quarters, 15 more dimes than quarters that worth $3.75 in total. Find how many dimes she has.
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