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Question 521560: how do i find the previous day's closing price for stocks?
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Question 522156: Simplify.
3 + 9 � 7 � 8 � 2
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Question 522154: Simplify.
(5 + 3) � 4
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Question 524749: At what interest rate (compounded annually) will a sum of $6000 grow to $8000 in 3 years? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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Question 525946: slope=4/3, y-intercept=0
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Question 528655: can someone please help me with these two problems i am stuck
5t^3-45t=0
6x^2=15x
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Question 529548: can some one please help me with x+8=-2
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Question 529549: need help with -7.2=y-18.2
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Question 529552: need help with 1=x+b
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Question 529546: can someone please help me with x+=8
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Question 529667: Can i get help with finding the length of the sides of the original square
If the sides of a square are increased by 5 m, the area becomes 100 sq. meters. Find the length of the sides of the original square.
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Question 530358: factor the following expression: 9x^4-4y^2
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Question 530519: If i had 16000 invested into two accounts one yielding 4% and the other 10% and received a total of 1,060 at the end of the year. How much did i invest into each account.
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Question 531061: If you add pure alcohol to a 15% solution, what percent alcohol are you adding, and how do you represent the percentage in decimal form?

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Question 531616: sarah bought a car for 26,000. it decreased 16% in value each year. what was sarah's car worth 2 years after she bought it?

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Question 534081: Another salesman has a fixed base salary minimum of $1500/month. He is paid a 6.5% commission of all sales. What is his pay in a month where sales are $5000?
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Question 534078: If you sell 34, 750-pound steers at a sale barn for $72.00/cwt, how much commission would be charged if the rate is 3%?
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Question 534080: A salesman has a guaranteed salary minimum of $1400/month. He is paid a 20% commission on all sales. What is his pay in a month where sales are $6550?
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Question 534875: how do you solve 1/2a+16=4-2/3a
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Question 534878: how do you solve 2-1/3a=3+1/4a
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Question 534880: how do you 2a+6=3-1/5a
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Question 534876: how do you solve 1/2a x 6=1/3a
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Question 534914: How long does it take an $1100 investment to earn $200 interest if it is invested at 7% interest compounded quarterly?
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Question 460552: A partial payment is made on the date(s)indicated. Use the United
States Rule to determine the balance due on the note at the date of
maturity. (The Effective Date is the date the note was written.)
Assume the year is not a leap year.
P=$1600, R=7%, effective date april 7, maturity date august 5, partial payment made june 18 $600,
I have no idea how to calculate this one. Can someone please answer this?
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Question 535793: What is 45% of 400
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Question 536424: eighteen is what percent of 60?
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Question 536666: 12-e^0.4*t=3
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Question 536688: Do the equations x = 4y + 1 and x = 4y � 1 have the same solution? How might you explain your answer to someone who has not learned algebra?
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Question 538868: 8v+1=7v-20
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Question 540756: Find the value of x given that 5^3x-2 = 625.
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Question 545062: 1.43=1.05(1+g)4 trying to solve for g to give me the dividend growth rate. the answer in the book is .0803 I just forgot how to do this type of algebra.
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Question 545751: A total of $12,000 is invested in two funds paying 3% and 3.4% simple interest. The annual interest is $378. How much is invested in each fund?
Can you show the steps as well so I can figure out how to do it myself? Thank you!
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Question 547066: how can 56000 be invested part at 4% annual simple interest ant the remainder at 10% annual simple interest so that the interest erned by the two accounts is equal at the end if the year
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Question 548387: A tour group split into two groups when waiting in line for food at a fast food counter. The first group bought 8 slices of pizza and 7 soft drinks for $34.29. The second group bought 5 slices of pizza and 7 soft drinks for $24.87. How much does one slice of pizza cost?
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Question 548388: Find the amount that results from the investment. Use the formula A=Pert or A=P(1+r/n)nt.
$480 invested at 10% compounded quarterly after a period of 8 years
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Question 549276: A DVD costs 7 times what you get when if you add the number of $ in it's price to the number of cents. This gives it's price in cent . What is it ? Thanks.
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Question 549512: Find the sum of all numbers greater than 10000 formed by using the digits 1,3,5,7,9, no digits being repeated in any number.
Answer- 6666600
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Question 549708: Show that the number of permutations which can be formed from 2n letters which are either a's or b's is greatest when the number of a's is equal to the number of b's.
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Question 550345: ?*0.3294=$3500.00

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Question 550507: Jessica has 81% more money today than she did this time last year. If Jessica has $94 today, how much money did she make over this past year?

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Question 551533: como se puede saber si el resultado que uno busca es correcto o incorrecto
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Question 553175: how do I simpllfy this
7x+ 13X+ 80
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Question 553296: How long will it take money to double if it invested at the following rates:
(1) 5.9% compounded quarterly.
(2) 6.3% compounded quarterly.
Thanks!
SuperDuper
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