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Question 61544: A Plane flies from Portland, ME to El Paso, TX with an average speed of
303mph. A car drives the same distance and leaves at the same time, averaging
a speed of 50 mph. The plane arrives in El Paso 35.42 hours before the car.
How far is it from Portland to El Paso?
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Question 61544: A Plane flies from Portland, ME to El Paso, TX with an average speed of
303mph. A car drives the same distance and leaves at the same time, averaging
a speed of 50 mph. The plane arrives in El Paso 35.42 hours before the car.
How far is it from Portland to El Paso?
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Question 61652: Michael wants to receive a total of $760 on his investment. He wants to invest part of his $8,000 in a bond that pays 12% annual interest and the rest in a savings account that pays 8%. How much should he invest at each rate?
Thanks for any help you can provide - I'm stuck!
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Question 61654: you have a part time job.you are paid $7 per hour on weekends.your goal is to earn $80 per week.write an equation that models how many hours you must work at each rate to reach your goal.let x be the number of weekday hours and let y be the number of weekend hours.
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Question 61765: Employees of a discount appliance store receive an additional 20% off of the lowest price on an item. If an employee purchases a dishwasher during a 15% off sale, how much will he pay if the dishwasher originally cost $450?
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Question 61917: Please help, I believe I understand the problem but can't get started. Here we go:
The cost C(x) in dollars of producing x calculators is given by C(x)=16,000+120x and the revenue R(x) is R(x)=700x-x^2/50. find the profit P(x)=R(x)-C(x), when 500 calculators are produced and sold.
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Question 62058: Q1. The new governor of California will make $4000 less than the governor of New York and $9000 more than the governor of Alaska. If the sum of these 3 salaries is $440,000 what is the salary of each governor. Solve.
Q2. In a recent year, the 3 Internet access companies with the most subscribers were Earthink, MSN, and AOL. Earthlink had 700,000 more subscribers than MSN, and AOL had 3,700,000 more than 5 times the subscribers that MSN had. If the total subscribers for these Internet access companies is 32,400,000, find the number of subscribers for each company.
Q3. The number of deaths caused by tornadoes decreased 59.2% from 1950's to the 1990's. There were 579 deaths from tornadoes in the 1990's. Find the number of deaths casued by tornadoes inthe 1950's.
Q4. If a rectangular sign is 12 inches more than twice it's height, find its dimensions if the perimeter of the sign is 312 inches.
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Question 62058: Q1. The new governor of California will make $4000 less than the governor of New York and $9000 more than the governor of Alaska. If the sum of these 3 salaries is $440,000 what is the salary of each governor. Solve.
Q2. In a recent year, the 3 Internet access companies with the most subscribers were Earthink, MSN, and AOL. Earthlink had 700,000 more subscribers than MSN, and AOL had 3,700,000 more than 5 times the subscribers that MSN had. If the total subscribers for these Internet access companies is 32,400,000, find the number of subscribers for each company.
Q3. The number of deaths caused by tornadoes decreased 59.2% from 1950's to the 1990's. There were 579 deaths from tornadoes in the 1990's. Find the number of deaths casued by tornadoes inthe 1950's.
Q4. If a rectangular sign is 12 inches more than twice it's height, find its dimensions if the perimeter of the sign is 312 inches.
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Question 62159This question is from textbook college algebra
: i can't figure this one out. Credit card interest. Thanks for your help.
A bank credit card charges interest at the rate of 21% per year, compounded monthly. If a senior in college chares her last tuition bill of $1,500 and intends to pay it in one year, what will she have to pay.
Thanks again.This question is from textbook college algebra
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Question 62157: A dreaded word problem. I can't figure this one out.
The Municipal transit serves 150,000 commuters daily when the fair is $1.80.
Market research has determined that every penny decrease in the fare will result in 1,000 new riders. What fare will maxmize revenue?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Question 60947This question is from textbook college algebra
: I can't figure out how to set this one up. Can anyone help me out? Thanks
Jane went on a trip for a week. To rent a car she called two firms. Bob's wanted $35 per day with no mileage fee. The Rent-A-Car wanted $150 per week (7 days) but also wanted $.19 per mile. How many miles would have to be driven before the Rent-A-Car price is more than Bob's price?
Thanks!This question is from textbook college algebra
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Question 62373This question is from textbook college algebra
: I am having trouble with this one on simple interest. I have tried and not been successful in getting this question solved.
The amount A of money on deposit for t years in an account earning simple interest is a linear function of t. Express that function as an equation of A= $272 when t=3 and A=$320 when t=5.
This is the actual question, I hope it has been made clear enough.This question is from textbook college algebra
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Question 62550: Please help me solve this word problem.
Find the interest rate that would increase your original $1,000 CD, compounded annually, to $1,210 in two years. The growth formula is MV=P(l+r)2. MV is the maturity value of the CD, r is the interest rate, and t is the number of years left to compound.
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Question 62672: Please help me with this word problem
A surfboard company has fixed costs of $300 per day. If they produce 20 boards in one day, their total cost is $5,100. Find the cost equation.
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Question 60402: 64. Minimizing cost. A company uses the formula C(x) = 0.02x^2 – 3.4x + 150 to model the unit cost in dollars for producing x stabilizer bars. For what number of bars id the unit cost at its minimum? What is the unit cost at level of production?
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Question 63235: Can you please help with this word problem.
A man goes into a grocery store and buys a grapefruit and a toy ball. A 7% tax is applied to the price of non-food items. If the total bill is $5.15, including $0.18 in tax on the toy ball, what are the prices of the grapefruit and the ball?
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Question 63234: Can you please help with this word problem.
Joe has a collection of nickels and dimes that is worth $5.65. If the number of dimes were doubled and the number of nickels were increased by 8, the value of the coins would be $10.45. How many dimes does he have?
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Question 63684: You are working in a store and sell 3 lawn mowers and 3 hedge trimmers for $750. The next day you sell 4 lawn mowers and 5 hedge trimmers for $1050. What is the price of the lawn mower and the hedge trimmer
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Question 63778: An inheritance of $900,000 is to be divided among Carl, Amy, and Stan in the following manner: Amy is to receive 3/4 of what Carl gets, while Stan gets 1/2 of what Carl gets. How much does each get?
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Question 63781: A nut store normally sells cashews for $4.00 per pound and peanuts for $1.50 per pound. But at the end of the month the peanuts had not sold well; so, in order to sell 60 pounds of peanuts, the manager decided to mix the 60 pounds of peanuts with some cashews and sell the mixture for $2.50 per pound. How many pounds of cashews should be mixed with the peanuts to ensure no change of profit?
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Question 64041: Please help solve: The shopwise market advertises 12 to 22-pound turkeys for $1.19 per pound. However the turkey is free if a customer spends at least $100 on other groceries. Norm spends $100 on other groceries and gets a free 22-pound turkey. Sara spends $90 on other groceries and buys a 22-pound turkey. What is the positive difference between the amount of money Norm spent and the amount of money Sara spent to get their groceries and turkey? (assume there is no sales tax taken into account in these problems )
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Question 64048This question is from textbook
: Lina Chen invest $24,000, part at 8% and the rest 7.2%. How much did she invest at each rate if her income from the 8% investment is two thirds that of the 7.2% investment?This question is from textbook
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Question 63886: Mr. Toya had part of his $5000 savings in an account that earned 7% interest and the rest in an account that earned 9% interest. How much did he have in each account if his annual from the total investment was $404.20?
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Question 63885: In a savings account at Ace Savings, Julie had some money that earned 6.5% interest. She had $400 more than that amount in a savings account at Busby Federal. The amount in Busby's earned 7.5% interest. How much was invested in each account if her income from the two accounts was $130.80?
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Question 64488This question is from textbook college algebra
: This is an difficult problem with 2 questions. Can anyone give me a hand?
The average tuition for public colleges inrease exponentially from $1,574 in 1970 to $8133 in 1990.
What is the annual rate of increase in tuition from 1970 to 1990. Give answer to four decimal places.
Using the same percentage, what will be the average tuition, to the nearest dollar in 2005.
Thank you!This question is from textbook college algebra
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Question 65020: Can someone help me out? I thought I had an equation, but when I tried to figure it out that was a joke.
Steve and Cara went Christmas shopping and purchased 5 blouses and 4 skirts for relatives. The total cost was $326.00. Each blouse cost the same amount. The skirts were a different price, but all 4 were purchased at the same price. The prices were not recorded on the sales slip; it only read “5 blouses and 4 skirts… total $326.00”. Some blouses and skirts did not fit, so Steve and Cara returned 2 blouses and 3 skirts for a credit of $192.00. How much did they pay for each blouse? How much did they pay for each skirt?
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Question 65184: I need to use this equation to figure out his word problem. Any help would be appreciated.
A = Pe^rt,
where P is the initial investment and r is the interest rate.
Maya has deposited $600 in an account that pays 5.64% interest, compounded continuously. How long will it take for her money to double?
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Question 65488: (58) If the total bill at a restaurant , including a 15% tip, is $65.32, what was the cost of the meal alone?
(38) A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left-handed. What percent of those surveyed were left-handed?
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