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Question 395249: john needs to make 30400 dollars live cmfortabley the if government takes 24% of his income then what must his income be to live comfortabley
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Question 395534: Amy paid $65.61 for a pair of running shoes during a 35% off sale. What was the regular price?
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Question 395585: I wnat to buy a car that cost $32,000 in 3 years. My bank pays 3% interest in my saving account How much will I have to put in today to have the $32,000 in three years?
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Question 395612: what is the time factor in a simple intrest loan when the intrerest is $360, the principal is $1800 and the rate is 10%?
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Question 395943: A per deposited $500.00 in a savings account that pays 5% annual interest that is compounded yearly. At the end of 10 years, how much money will be in the savings account?
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Question 396092: Monique has $500 to invest. Some of the money is placed in an account that pays 4% interest per year. The remaining money is placed in an account that pays 6% interest per year. If after o e year, she has accumulated a total of 23$ in interest, how much was invested in each of these accounts?
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Question 396276: determine the amount of interest earned on a $100,000 investment if it is invested at 5.2% annual interest compounded quarterly for 12 years.
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Question 396320: Store mixes Brazillian coffee worth $10 per kilo and Turkish coffee worth $13 per kilo. The mixture needs to sell for $11 per kilo. Find out how much of each should be used to make 564 kilo mixture.
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Question 396375: A total of 10,000 is invested in two funds paying 5% and 7% annual intrest. the combined annual intrest is 644. how much of the 10,000 is invested in each fund. Please help i am really confused on this problem. explain how its done

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Question 396377: Jeanne Marie said there is no difference between an 8% annual interest rte compounded quarterly and an 8% annual interest rate Explain to Jeanne Marie the error of her ways using examples and a clear explanation
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Question 396591: You earned $3 in one day. What is the rate per day?
You read 5 books in 2 weeks. What is the rate per week?
You grew 3 inches in 11 weeks. What is the rate per week?
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Question 396673: To make a special mix for Valentine's Day, the owner of a candy store wants to combine chocolate hearts that sell for $5 per pound with candy kisses that sell for $3.50 per pound. How many pounds of each kind should be used to get 30 pounds of a mix that can be sold for $4.50.

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Question 396677: A math teacher assigns one second of homework the first week of school, two seconds the second week, four seconds the third week, and so on. The student is aqsked whether she would agree to this weekly homework doubling for the duration of the 36-week school year. Homw much homework in hours would this plan require in week 36?
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Question 396052: Jane did a job for $392. It took her longer than she expected, and therefore she earned $1 per hour less than she anticipated. How long did she expect that it would take to do the job?
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Question 397072: Last year, an internet service provider's fee was $17.99 per month. This year, the same internet service provider charges $19.99 per month. Rounded to the nearest percent, what is the percent of increase for internet service?
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Question 397188: Cicily Montague, and author from Paris, sells the movie rights to her book and will recive 600,000 euros at the end of each quarter for the next 4years. Assuming that money is worth 6% compounded quarterly, what is the value of the movie rights?
I have the answer in the back of the book $847.875.843 but i am not coming up with that as the answer i think i am setting the problem up wrong.
Please Help!
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Question 397195: An executive invested $18,000 in two accounts, one a cash on reserve that yielded 7% simple interest, and the other a long-term certificate paying 11% simple interest. At the end of one year, the two accounts had earned her a total of $1540. How much had she invested in each account?” How do i set this up as an algebra equation?
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Question 397281: there is $5.40 and there is 27 coins how many quater and dimes are there that make up the 5.40?
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Question 397337: A financial advisor has invested $25,000 om twp accounts. If one account contains x dollars, express the amount in the second account in terms of x.
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Question 397631: How much interest would you earn in 4 years if you invested $500 in an account that pays 4.5% per annum, compounded semi-annually?
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Question 397408: 6. If you invest your money in an account that pays 1.5% interest compounded
continuously,
a) How long will it take to double your money?
b) How long will it take to triple your money?
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Question 397651: $8,000 is invested in two different accounts earning 3% and 4% interest. If the two accounts earn a total of $295 in interest, how much money was invested at 3%?
multiple choice answers:A:$2,500
B:$3,500
C:$5,500
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Question 397759: 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.
b) Find R(5), R(10), and R(20)
I don't understand what they are asking and how to set up the polynomial....please HELP!!!
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Question 397837: EE savings bond is sold at half face value, US Treasury guarantees it will double in value by 20 years from the issue date. What is the minimum APY for such a bond?
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Question 397555: A tellers supply of dimes and nickels totals $3.60. If the teller's supply of dimes numbers 1 more than 3 times the number of nickels, how many dimes are there?
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Question 397915: a change purse contains an equal number of pennies, nickels, and dimes. The total value of the coins is $2.24. How many coins of each type does the purse contain?
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Question 398239: Job A offers an annual salary of $30,000 plus bonus of 1% of sales. Job B offers an annualsalary of $24,000 plus a bonus of 2% of sales. How much would you have to sell to earn the same amount in each job?
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Question 398544: The total annual interest from two bank accounts is $481. One account earns 5.9% annual interest and the other earns 6.75%. If the two accounts have a total of $7600 in them, how much is in each account?
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Question 398774: You invested $11,000 in two accounts paying 5% and 8% annual interest. If the total interest earned for the year was $730, how much was invested at each rate?
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Question 398792: invest 7000 in an account pay 3% compounded monthly how much in account after 11 months
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Question 398864: Mike has his money in a savings account earning 3 percent interest. How long will it take for his money to double?

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Question 398997: Word problem: tickets cost $14 for main floor and $9 for balcony Total ticket sold = 250 Total receipts of both = $3000 How many of each ticket were sold?

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Question 399026: carl bought two plots of land for a total of $120,000. When he sold the first plot he made a profit of 15%. when he sold the second he lost 10%. his total profit was 5500.how much did he pay for each piece of land?
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Question 399209: As of November 2004, the population of the United States was 2.949 x 10^8, and the national debt was 7.529 x 10^12 dollars. How much was each person's share of the debt?
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Question 399271: Suppose you deposit 160 dollars in a savings account that pays an annual rate of 9%.
Interest = (Deposit)(rate)(time),
where the rate is a decimal and time is in
years.
How much interest would you earn in
5 months?
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Question 399486: I need help with this problem 1000[1+(0.08)(3)]
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Question 399907: A principal of $3200 is invested at 4% interest, compounded annually. How much will the investment be worth after 6 years?
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Question 399958: Please help me solve this word problem : Leans has $31.05 in dimes and quaters. The number of dimes is one-fifth the number of quaters. How many of each does she have?
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Question 400068: The suggested list price of a new car is $34,000. The dealer's cost is 85% of list. How much will you pay if the dealer is willing to accept $100 over cost for the car?
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Question 400094: Write a word about money where each child in the problem ends up with $5. Make sure two operations must be used to solve the problem.
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Question 400151: If twice the sum of a number and 6 is added to four times the number, the result is less than 36. Find all numbers that satisfy this condition.
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