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Question 53528: If Ben invests $4000 at 4% interest per year, how much additional money must he invest at 5 1/2% annual interest to ensure that the interest he recieves each year is 4 1/2% of the total amount invested?
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Question 53529: Helen earns $7.50 an hour at her job, but if she works more than 35 hours in a week she is paid 1 1/2 times her regular salary for the overtime hours worked. One week her gross pay was $352.50. How many overtime hours did she work that week?
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Question 53581: Natalie has some nickels, Dirk has some dimes, and Quincy has some quarters. I f Natalie gives Dirk a nickel, Dirk gives quincy a dime, and Quincy gives Natalie a quarter, they will have the same amount of money. How many coins did each person have ORIGINALLY!
I am in Algebra 1 Honors and am an A student and normally I at least TRY to figure these things out but this one just frustrated me horribly. I don't realy want the answer. I just want to know HOW to do the problem and set it up. PLEASE HELP!
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Question 53602: Jo has 37 coins (all nickels, dimes, and quarters) worth $5.50. She has four more quarters than nickels. How many dimes does Jo have?
I am having problems with these money problems. I cannot seem to find a way to set this one up.
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Question 53622: Nadine has seven more nickels than Delano has dimes. If Delano gives Nadine four of his dimes, then Delano will have the same amount of money as Nadine. How much money do they have together? (Assume that Nadine has only nickels and Delano has only dimes.)
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Question 53622: Nadine has seven more nickels than Delano has dimes. If Delano gives Nadine four of his dimes, then Delano will have the same amount of money as Nadine. How much money do they have together? (Assume that Nadine has only nickels and Delano has only dimes.)
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Question 53622: Nadine has seven more nickels than Delano has dimes. If Delano gives Nadine four of his dimes, then Delano will have the same amount of money as Nadine. How much money do they have together? (Assume that Nadine has only nickels and Delano has only dimes.)
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Question 53648: PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE:
BOX HAS TOTAL OF 44 COINS, CONSISTING OF PENNIES, DIMES AND QUARTERS. THE NUMBER OF PENNIES IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DIMES, AND THE TOTAL VALUE IS $4.37 HOW MANY OF EACH DENOMINATION OF COIN DOES HE HAVE.
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Question 53924: 1.) Sales last month were 4000.00, this month they were 5000.00. Write an equation that shows this using y for sales and x for the month. (this month x=0, last month x=-1, next month x=1 etc... 2.) What will the sales be 4 months from now?
Can someone show me how to work this? Thanks.
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Question 53856: 1.) Sales last month were 4000.00, this month they were 5000.00. Write an equation that shows this using y for sales and x for the month. (this month x=0, last month x=-1, next month x=1 etc... 2.) What will the sales be 4 months from now?
Can someone show me how to work this? Thanks.
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Question 54270: Rita invested 11,000 in two savings accounts. One account pays at a rate of 9% per year and the other pays 11% per year. After one year , she has earned a total of 1,150 in intrest. How much did rita invest in each account?
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Question 54315This question is from textbook
: Investing: Ms. Jones invested $18,000 in two accounts. One account pays 6% simple interest and the other pays 8%. Her total interest for the year was $1,290. How much did she have in each account.This question is from textbook
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Question 54273: If I invest $18,750 in two different accounts and one account earns 12% interest and the other earns 10% interest, and at the end of the year have a total $20,867 (original amount + interest), how much did I invest in each account?
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Question 54273: If I invest $18,750 in two different accounts and one account earns 12% interest and the other earns 10% interest, and at the end of the year have a total $20,867 (original amount + interest), how much did I invest in each account?
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Question 54374: Nikki paid Dalton $15.50 for a combination of 15 baseball and football cards. The baseball cards were $1.50 each, and the football cards were $0.50 each. How much did Nikki spend on the baseball cards?
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Question 54542This question is from textbook algebra 1
: You receive $5ooo. You decide to invest the money in a one-year bond paying 2% interest and in a one-year certificate of deposit paying 6% interest. Let m represent the amount of money invested in the one-year bond. Write a function that represents the total amount of money T that you have after one year. Simplify the function.This question is from textbook algebra 1
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Question 54549: Peanuts are selling for $2 per pound, and cashews are selling
for $5 per pound. How much of each type of nut would be needed to create
20 lb of a mixture that would sell for $2.75 per pound?
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Question 54549: Peanuts are selling for $2 per pound, and cashews are selling
for $5 per pound. How much of each type of nut would be needed to create
20 lb of a mixture that would sell for $2.75 per pound?
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Question 55173: HELP ME PLEASE:
The amount A in an account after t years of an initial principle P invested at an annual rate r compounded continuously is given by A=Pe^rt where r is expressed as a decimal. What is the amount inthe account if $5oo is invested for 10 years at the annual rate of 5% compounded continuously?
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Question 55224: Danielle sold her house through an agent who charged her 8% of the selling price.
After the commission was paid,, Danielle received $117,760. If x is the selling price,
then x satisfies
x-0.08x-117,760
Solve this equation.
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Question 55336: Please write a pair of equations for each situation.
The math club sold calendars to raise money for new calculaors. Julio sold 6 desk calendars and 10 wall calendars for a total of $100. Tina sold 12 desk calendars and 4 wall callendarsfor a total of $88. Be sure to define your variables.
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Question 55777: Mega Corporation had net sales of $225,000 for 2000 and $275,000 for 2001. What was the percent increase in net sales from 2000 and 2001? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
a. 22.2%
b. 22.4%
c. 22.6%
d. None of the above
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Question 55779: Harry, Dave, and George are the owners of a liquor store which is organized as a partnership. Harry put up $5,000 to get the store started. Dave put up $8,000 and George put up $2,000. They agree to share profit and loss based on the ratio of their respective initial investments. If the store earns a net profit of $30,000 for the year, how much of the $30,000 will George receive?
a. $2,000.00
b. $4,000.00
c. $6,000.00
d. $8,000.00
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Question 56012: what is the difference, money-wise, between a half-dozen dozen dollar bills and six dozen donzen dimes?
Chip and Dale collected 32 acrons on monday and stored them with their acorn supply. After Chip fell asleep, Dale ate half the acorns. This pattern continued through friday night, with 32 acrons being added and half being eaten on saturday morning, chip counted the acrons and found that they had only 35. how many acorns had they started with on monday
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