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Question 1196857: Find the time required for an investment of 5000 dallied to grow to 7300 at an interest rate of 7.5 percent per year, compounded quarterly

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Question 1196888: One month, the Taylor family had cash receipts of $876.16. Their excess of cash receipts above cash payments was $56.14. What were the total cash payments for the month?
A. $932.30
B. $56.14
C. $820.02
D. $763.88
Would A. be correct?
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Question 1196913: Find the 7.65% FICA tax on earnings of $565.
A. $432.23
B. $43.22
C. $4.32
D. $0.43
For this question, I got B. as my answer. Would this be correct?
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Question 1196912: Carolyn paid 5% of her taxable income of $13,475 as state income tax. How much state income tax did she pay?
A. $6,737.50
B. $673.75
C. $67.38
D. $2,695
Would B. $673.75 be the correct answer?
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Question 1196914: Use the rates below to find the state income tax for the taxable income for the two problems.

Taxable Income | Tax Rate
0 to 3,000 | 2% of taxable income
3,001 to 5,000 | $60 + 3% of excess over $3,000
5,001 to 17,000 | $120 + 5% of excess over $5,000
17,001 to 25,000 | $720 + 5.75% of excess over $17,000
1. Taxable income = $14,785. State income tax = ?
A. $489.25
B. $295.70
C. $609.25
D. $443.55

2. Taxable income = $4,269. State income tax = ?
A. $38.07
B. $98.07
C. $85.38
D. $128.07
For the first problem, I got C. For the second, I got B. Would my answers be correct?
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Question 1196921: A children's playground committee is planning to set up a tent in the shape of a right pyramid. The pyramid has a square base with side lengths of 10 m. The height of the pyramid will be 8 m. The floor of the tent will be a rubberized pad while the walls will be made out of canvas.
a. How much canvas will be required to cover the walls of the tent?
b. If the canvas is sold by the square metre and costs $15.75 per metre squared, how much will it cost to cover the tent
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Question 1196924: A company produces a product for which the variable cost per unit is $3.50 and the fixed cost is $20,000 per year. Next year, the company wants the total cost to be $48,000. How many units of the product should be made next year?
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Question 1197139: Find the total amount that must be repaid on the following note described.
$8,593 borrowed at 14.5% simple interest
What is the total amount to be repaid 3 years, 125 days later? (Round answer to the nearest cent.)
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Question 1197142: What percent of 240 is 30

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Question 1197147: 1,1/2, 1/4 in geomitric sequence
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Question 1197208: Suppose you want to have 800,000 for retirement in 20 years. Your account earns 4% interest. How much would you need to deposit in the account each month?
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Question 1197228: is -6xy a rational number? explain

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Question 1197228: is -6xy a rational number? explain

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Question 1197234: An item is regularly priced at $45 Juan bought it at a discount of 85% off the regular price.
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Question 1197256: Find the 10th term of the sequence -37,-34,-41
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Question 1197256: Find the 10th term of the sequence -37,-34,-41
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Question 1197256: Find the 10th term of the sequence -37,-34,-41
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Question 1197257: Movie Monter Age Clues:
a. The zombie has been alive for an odd number of years;
b. The vampire’s age is a three-digit number; and
c. The mummy has been alive for exactly four hundred years more than
Frankenstein.
Age
7
40
100
105
505
Zombie Frankenstein Mummy Vampire Werewolf
The werewolf is _____________ years old.

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Question 1197261: Show that the lines ax + by = c and dx + ey = f are parallel whenever ae − bd = 0
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Question 1197271: x2+xy all over x2-y2
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Question 1197290: foci at ( - 3, 1) and (7,
1) and length of the
transverse axis is 4
units.
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Question 1197290: foci at ( - 3, 1) and (7,
1) and length of the
transverse axis is 4
units.
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Question 1197323: John Paul owed a credit card company $490. He paid $50 one month and did not charge any new items. He is charged 1.5% monthly interest on the unpaid balance. How much will his new balance be?
A. $447.35
B. $446.60
C. $440.00
D. $497.35
Would B. $446.60 be the correct answer?
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Question 1197351: Find the equation (hyperbola) if the
asymptotes y - 3 = √13/6 (x-2) and focus at (9, 3)
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Question 1197386: hen calculating his income tax an accountant realized that his federal tax was 40% of his income after his provincial tax was paid, and that his provincial tax was 20% of his income after his federal tax was paid. If the accountant's income before taxes amounted to $46 000, how much federal tax did he have to pay?
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Question 1197431: What is the brokerage fee for 75 shares of stock at 13 1/2 per share, if the rate of commission for odd lots is $39 + 2% of the amount over $1,000?
A. $39.25
B. $37.00
C. $13.50
D. $39.00

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Question 1197451: PVA = 80,000/(1.08) + 90,000/(1.08)2 + 100,000/(1.08)3 = ?
PVB = 60,000/(1.08) + 100,000/(1.08)2 + 110,000/(1.08)3 = ?.
PVC = 40,000/(1.08) + 110,000/(1.08)2 + 125,000/(1.08)3 = ?

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Question 1197453: Mr zia paid Rs 1000 annual income tax at the rate of 5% what is his monthly income?
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Question 1197493: Let A, B, and C be sets in a universal set U. We are given n(U) = 53, n(A) = 31, n(B) = 38, n(C) = 30, n(A ∩ B) = 25, n(A ∩ C) = 16, n(B ∩ C) = 20, n(A ∩ B ∩ CC) = 12. Find the following values.
(a) n(AC ∩ B ∩ C)
(b) n(A ∩ BC ∩ CC)
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Question 1197570: What is the average rate of change of the function A(x)=piX^2, where A is the area of a circle with radius X, as the radius changes from X=4 to X=6 ?
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Question 1197522: Joseph sold five $1,000 bonds, each having a quoted price of 101 3/4. The broker charged a 2% brokerage fee. What was the total amount Joseph received?
A. $5,087.50
B. $4,985.75
C. $1,017.50
D. $5,189.25
Would D. be the correct answer?
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Question 1197523: What is the annual premium for a 30-year-old female to purchase $25,000 in a 20-year endowment, if the cost per $1,000 unit of insurance for a 25-year-old male is $45.31?
A. $551.75
B. $1,132.75
C. $1,359.30
D $2,000

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Question 1197602: Water is pouring into an inverted cone at the rate of 8 cubic feet per minute. If the height of the cone is 12 ft and the radius of its base is 6 ft, how fast is the water level rising when the water is 4 ft deep?
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Question 1197621: A ball is thrown off the top of building. At time t (in seconds), its height (in feet) follows the the path s(t)=-3t^2 + 24t + 60?
At what time does the ball reach its maximum height?
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Question 1197626: You have $300,000 saved for retirement. Your account earns 6% interest. How much will you be able to pull out each month, if you want to be able to take withdrawals for 15 years?
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Question 1197631: If p=(1,2) write all subsets of p

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Question 1197631: If p=(1,2) write all subsets of p

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Question 1197629: What are the vertical and a horizontal asymptote at y, if any, for the function f(x)=x^2+x-30 / x^2-2x-15
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Question 1197629: What are the vertical and a horizontal asymptote at y, if any, for the function f(x)=x^2+x-30 / x^2-2x-15
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Question 1197629: What are the vertical and a horizontal asymptote at y, if any, for the function f(x)=x^2+x-30 / x^2-2x-15
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Question 1197632: You want to buy a car. The loan amount will be $25,000. The company is offering a 5% interest rate for 48 months (4 years). What will your monthly payments be?
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