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Question 1195149: Rock puts $1000 in the bank for two years at 10% interest compounded annually. At the end of the two years, what will be her balance?
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Question 1195151: Jill buys 16 cookies, Bella buys 12 cookies, and Catharine buys ‘x’ cookies. The average number of cookies the three of them bought is between 19 and 23, inclusive. What is the smallest number of cookies Catharine could have bought?
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Question 1195150: A sum of $5000 was taken as a loan. After 1 year the money grew to $5500 by compounding annually. What was the rate of interest per annum?
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Question 1195148: $75 is charged as a simple interest on a loan which is taken for 3 years at an interest rate of 5% per annum. What was the amount of loan in dollar?
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Question 1195156: In MBA 45th batch, 40 percent of the girls are from business background and the remainder is from science background. Half of the girls are fresh graduate and half are not. If 10 percent of the girls are from business background and fresh graduate, and 40 girls are from science background and not fresh graduate, how many girls are from business background and not fresh graduate?
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Question 1195162: If 7 and 189 are the first and forth terms of a geometric progression, find the sequence
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Question 1195162: If 7 and 189 are the first and forth terms of a geometric progression, find the sequence
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Question 1194786: The total time to process a loan application is uniformly distributed between 9 and 15 days. Let X denote the time to process a loan application. Give the mathematical expression for the probability function.
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Question 1195200: Find the least integer by which 8100 must be multiplied to obtain a perfect cube
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Question 1195201: A rectangular box measuring 150cm by 156cm by 216cm is to be packed with exact number of cubes of maximum lengths. Calculate then volume of one such cube
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Question 1195202: When the angle of elevation of the sun is 60° , a vertical pole casts a shadow of length 5.4 metres on the horizontal ground. Calculate correct to 3 significant figures, the height of the pole.
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Question 1195199: Solve the equation
12^x*24^y=216

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Question 1195199: Solve the equation
12^x*24^y=216

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Question 1195197: The angle of elevation of the top of a mast from a point A is 30°. When the observer moves 20 metres towards the foot of the mast, the angle of elevation becomes 45°.Calculate, to the nearest metre, the height of the mast.
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Question 1195236: Given that 0 < x < 90° and sin(x+60°) =cos(2x), find the exact value of tan(x+20°)
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Question 1195236: Given that 0 < x < 90° and sin(x+60°) =cos(2x), find the exact value of tan(x+20°)
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Question 1195246: The value of a house appreciated at the rate of 3.5% per annum. If its original value was sh.2,000,000 calculate the time it would take to appreciate to sh. 2,029,500
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Question 1195245: Given that x is an acute angle and cos x=(2√5)/7 , find without using mathematical tables or a calculator , the value of tan(90-x)°
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Question 1195244: Given that x is an acute angle and cos x=(2√5)/7 , find without using mathematical tables or a calculator , the value of tan(90-x)°
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Question 1195239: The bearing of point A from B is 138° and the bearing of A from C is 228°. Given that the length AB=8.4cm and AC=9.8cm, calculate the bearing of B from C
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Question 1195247: The bearing of point A from B is 138° and the bearing of A from C is 228°. Given that the length AB=8.4cm and AC=9.8cm , calculate the bearing of B from C
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Question 1195235: Given that tan x°=3/7 for which x is an acute angle, find without using using mathematical tables or a calculator, cos(90-x)°
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Question 1195235: Given that tan x°=3/7 for which x is an acute angle, find without using using mathematical tables or a calculator, cos(90-x)°
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Question 1195221: In return for a loan, with money worth 7% compounded semiannually, a man promises to pay $600 at the end of each 6 months for 8 years. (b) Find his remaining liability just after his 6th payment.
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Question 1195214: A man agrees to make $5000 payments at the ends of the first 5 years, $4000 at the ends of the next 5 years, and $3000 at the ends of the next 5 years. If money is worth 4%, find the present value of this agreement.
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Question 1195219: A debtor, who receives a loan of $30, 000, agrees to deposit equal sums at the beginning of each 3 months for 10 years with a trust company, in order to pay the principal at the end of 10 years. If the fund earns 3% compounded quarterly, find the periodic deposit.
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Question 1195248: Four points A, B, C and D are on flat ground such that B is on a bearing of 030° from A. C is south of B and east of A. DC=60m, AD=144m and angle ADC=90° Calculate the length BC.
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Question 1195265: Bianca and Pauline go on an orange river kayak adventure. Bianca paddle her kayak 3.6km down the orange river, while Pauline paddles her kayak 2450m. How much further Pauline did Bianca paddle.
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Question 1195262: in the a diagram, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB=BC=3.2cm and
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Question 1195261: in a diagram, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB=BC=3.2cm and
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Question 1195260: in the figure below, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB=BC=3.2cm and
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Question 1195259: in the figure below, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB=BC=3.2cm and
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Question 1195238: Four points A, B, C and D are on a flat ground such that B is on a bearing of 030° from A. C is south of B and east of A. DC=60m, AD=144m and angle ADC=90°.calculate the length of BC.
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Question 1195266: Please help with the homework:
Four friends in grade 12 are planning a road trip from Cape town to Durban and back again for the December holiday, they decide that they will travel via east London to Durban and take same routine on the return journey. The distance from Cape town to east London is 1230 km and the distance from from east London to Durban is 655 km.
a) What is the total distance in kilometers that they will travel?
b) if the average consumption of most vehicle is 10,5 litres per 100 km, how much petrol will they need to get to Durban? Give your answers in litres.
c) At a cost of R8,25 per litre of petrol, how much will each of them need to contribute to cover the costs for the trip to Durban and back? ignore the amount of petrol that they use while in Durban.
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Question 1195220: In return for a loan, with money worth 7% compounded semiannually, a man promises to pay $600 at the end of each 6 months for 8 years. (a) Find the sum which he borrows.
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Question 1195292: in the figure below, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB=BC=3.2cm and E D 50° 50° A 3.2 CM B 3.2 CM C

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Question 1195291: in the figure below, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB=BC=3.2cm and E D 50° 50° A 3.2 CM B 3.2 CM C

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Question 1195312: Please help with the homework:
1. Add the following masses and express the answer in grams
1.1. 43g 20mg + 10g 26 mg + 2g 5mg
1.2. 6kg 300g +11kg 500g +33kg 10g
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Question 1195313: The masses of two similar solids A and B are 20kg and 67.5kg respectively. Given that the surface area of the solid A is 1080cm2 ,calculate the surface area of solid B
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Question 1195314: The masses of two similar solids A and B are 20kg and 67.5kg respectively. Given that the surface area of the solid A is 〖1080cm〗^2 ,calculate the surface area of solid B
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Question 1195333: A train moving at an average speed of 90 km/h takes 8 seconds to completely cross a bridge that is 80 meters long. Calculate the length of the train in meters
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