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Question 1176888: A random sample of 2055 adults was taken, and they were asked if they prefer watching sports, movies, or news on tv. They were also asked if they preferred dogs or cats.
Sports Movies News Total
Dog 474 479 488 1441
Cat 249 125 240 614
Total 723 604 728 2055
Write your answer as a fraction.
What is the probability that a person selected at random likes dogs and movies?
What is the probability that a person selected at random likes cats and news?
What is the probability that a person selected at random likes dogs or movies?
What is the probability that a person selected at random likes sports or cats?
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Question 1177040: Noah has a puppy. When he measured his puppy’s hair length the first time it was 8 cm long. After a month, it was 12 cm long. If the length continue to grow at this rate, determine the function that represents the length of the puppy’s hair?
a) what is asked:
b) what are the given?:
c) equation to be used
d) solution
e) final answer
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Question 1177026: Melanie recently hired a plumber to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Melanie was charged a total of $839. $210 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $34, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?
(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use
x as your variable and express any percents in decimal form in the equation.
The equation is_____
(B) Solve your equation in part (A) to find the number of labor hours needed to do the job.
Answer: The number of labor hours was___
.
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Question 1177026: Melanie recently hired a plumber to do some necessary work. On the final bill, Melanie was charged a total of $839. $210 was listed for parts and the rest for labor. If the hourly rate for labor was $34, how many hours of labor was needed to complete the job?
(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use
x as your variable and express any percents in decimal form in the equation.
The equation is_____
(B) Solve your equation in part (A) to find the number of labor hours needed to do the job.
Answer: The number of labor hours was___
.
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Question 1177033: A restaurant chain regularly surveys its customers. On the basis of these surveys, the management of the chain claims that 75% of its customers rate the food as excellent. A
consumer testing service wants to examine the claim by asking 460 customers to rate the food.
Seventy per cent rated the food as excellent. Does this support the management’s claim?
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Question 1177053: Noah has a puppy. When he measured his puppy’s hair length the first time it was 8 cm long. After a month, it was 12 cm long. If the length continue to grow at this rate, determine the function that represents the length of the puppy’s hair?
a) what is asked:
b) what are the given:
c) equation to be used:
d) solution:
e) final answer:
Click here to see answer by josgarithmetic(39617) |
Question 1177053: Noah has a puppy. When he measured his puppy’s hair length the first time it was 8 cm long. After a month, it was 12 cm long. If the length continue to grow at this rate, determine the function that represents the length of the puppy’s hair?
a) what is asked:
b) what are the given:
c) equation to be used:
d) solution:
e) final answer:
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52781)  |
Question 1177067: A pension fund manager decides to invest a total of at most $40 million in U.S. Treasury bonds paying 3% annual interest and in mutual funds paying 5%
annual interest. He plans to invest at least $5 million in bonds and at least $20 million in mutual funds. Bonds have an initial fee of $100 per million dollars, while the fee for mutual funds is $200 per million. The fund manager is allowed to spend no more than $7000 on fees. How much should be invested in each to maximize annual interest? What is the maximum annual interest?
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Question 1177395: Find i (the rate per period) and n (the number of periods) for the following annuity.
Quarterly deposits of $1,000 are made for 7 years into an annuity that pays 9% compounded quarterly.
I = ?
I need to see all the calculations for this question to understand please!
Homework question from Hans Beauvoir
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Question 1177590: a truck left a rest stop on the highway at 12 noon going north at a rate of 50 miles per hour. one hour later a car left the same rest stop going south at the rate of 60 miles per hour. at what time were the two vehicles 325 miles apart?
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Question 1177600: gregory hiked from the base of a mountain to its top at an average rate of 2 miles per hour and hiked down the mountain following the same path at an average rate of 3 miles per hour. If Gregory hiked, excluding rest stops, for a total of 8 hours, how many miles was it from the base to the top of the mountain?
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Question 1177601: a train travels 30 miles in 5/6 the amount of time it takes a man to drive a car the same distance. if the rate of the train exceeds the rate of the car by 8 miles per hour, find the rate at which the car is traveling.
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Question 1177602: brian is walking alone a trail at an average rate of 3 miles per hour. carol is bicycling along the same trail in the same direction at an average rate of 9 miles per hour. at 12:00 noon brian is 5 miles ahead of carol. if brian and carol maintain these rates, at what time will carol overtake brian?
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Question 1177602: brian is walking alone a trail at an average rate of 3 miles per hour. carol is bicycling along the same trail in the same direction at an average rate of 9 miles per hour. at 12:00 noon brian is 5 miles ahead of carol. if brian and carol maintain these rates, at what time will carol overtake brian?
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Question 1177633: Investment Fund A offers a 10.2% nominal rate compounded quarterly, while Fund B offers a nominal rate of 10.18% compounded continuously.
Rounding to three decimal places,
the APY of Fund A is ___% and the APY of Fund B is ___%. If someone is choosing between the two funds for a 1 year term, they should choose Fund ___ because it will give them a higher return for that year.
This is my final question for today! I will need the calculations & answers please!
Homework question from Hans Beauvoir
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Question 1177632: How long will it take an investment of $2,000 to reach $3,000 if it is earning 4% interest compounded annually? Round to two decimal places.
For this important question, I need to see the calculations & answers please.
Homework question from Hans Beauvoir
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Question 1177632: How long will it take an investment of $2,000 to reach $3,000 if it is earning 4% interest compounded annually? Round to two decimal places.
For this important question, I need to see the calculations & answers please.
Homework question from Hans Beauvoir
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