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Question 715122:
Hello, I am trying to solve this question... A pound of cashews sells for $6.00 and a pound of peanuts sells for $3.00. If you purchase a 4 pound mixture at the cost of $4.25 per pound, how many pounds of peanuts will you have? How many piunds of cashews?
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Question 716511: Consider a $100 investment earning 12% compounded quarterly. How long will it take to triple your money? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a year.
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Question 716744: if five pencils and three erasers cost 65 cents, and three pencils and two erasers cost 40 cents, what is the cost of one pencil and one eraser
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Question 716769:
At an amusement park, the cost of 3 adult tickets and 4 children's tickets is $126.50. Another customer paid $120.50 for 2 adult tickets and 5 children's tickets. What is the price of each kind of ticket?
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Question 719561: A pair of sneakers goes on sale for 10% off the original price. The original price is $52. Includes 8.5% Sales Tax. What is the total cost?
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Question 720914: 1. You deposit $500 in a savings account with 3% interest compounded annually. Whats is the balance in the account after 10 years?
a. $368.71
b. $671.96
c. $579.64
d. $1000.00
2. A bank account with a starting balance of $1500 earns 6% annual interest, compounded monthly. What is the balance after 2 years?
a. $1520.98
b. $1690.74
c. $1508.68
d. $1700.42
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Question 722013: Find the balance in the accoubt: $2,400 principal earning 2%, compounded quarterly, after 7 years
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Question 723849: Margaret is saving $25 every week so that she can have enough money to buy a bracelet she wants. the bracelet costs $753,what is the minimum number of weeks she will have to be able to buy the bracelet
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Question 724057: How much money must be deposited now in an account paying 8% annual interest, compounded quarterly, to have a balance of $1,000 after 10 years?
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Question 724263: Find the balance in the account.
$2,400 principal earning 2%, compounded quarterly, after 7 years
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Question 726085: Find the annual perecentage yield. A bank offers an APR of 2.3% compounded daily.
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Question 726146:
two investments totalling $55,000 produce an annual income of $2825. One investment yields 9% a year while the other yields 4% a year how much is invested at each rate? If i use the formula I=p.r.t I don't know what the principal or the rate is can you help me figure this out please?
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Question 726564: I am losing money on a project. The costs of the job are $24 366.18 and the revenue is only $6766.17. I am required to make 15% on this project so I need to figure out what is the dollar value of the costs that need to move out of this project to make a revenue margin of 15%.What is the equation I would use to figure this out?
Thank you
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Question 726736: Tyler bought 20 shares of Wal-Mart at $48.80. A year later, he bought 20 more shares at $54.60. He later sold all of his shares at the price of $62.80. Tyler's broker charges him 3% of each share as a transaction fee. After all of his transactions, how much money did Tyler make?

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Question 728355: Your friend needs a loan of $4,000 for 2 months. You tell him for the simple interest loan service he needs to pay you back $4,030.00. What is the simple interest rate on your friendly loan?

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Question 722657: If a car costs �3000 and it goes up by 8% what is the answer?
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Question 728574: fuck you+ fuck you=
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Question 728604:
Sonya inherited $ 35,000. She invested some of the money at 2.5% simple interest and the rest at 3.5% simple interest. In the first year, she earned $ 1,075 interest. How many dollard did she earn form her investment at 3.5% interest ?
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Question 729248: A particular type of bacteria grows at a rate of 49 % per day. If my dog got infected with 4000 bacterium when her leg was cut by barbed wire, how many bacterium will be present in 24 days when I finally decide I need to take the dog to the veterinarian.
___________bacterium
Help
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Question 729464: If a bank pays 10% compounded monthly, how much should be deposited now to have $1300 :
a) 4 years later
Answer = $
b) 8 years later
Answer = $
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Question 729463: Find the amount if $500 is invested at 15% compounded monthly for 17 months.
Amount = $
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Question 729638:
Gordon has heard that fusion powered SUV's will be available in 10 years at a price of 130000 dollars. How much should he invest now, at 8.1 percent interest compounded annually, to have the amount required to purchase the SUV in 10 years?
Answer = dollars.

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Question 729639: The population of the world in 1987 was 5 billion and the growth rate was estimated at 7 percent per year. Assume that the population follows an exponential growth model of the form . Find the projected world population in 1999. Give your answer in terms of billions of people.
Your answer is billion
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Question 729982: A shoe store uses a 40% markup on its cost. Find the selling price of a pair of running shoes that cost the store $40.

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Question 730889: Hello I have trouble with this problem I have a TI 83 plus. I know you have to use binomial but not sure if it is cdf or pdf or how to plug in the numbers.
1) According to government data, the probability that a woman between the ages of 25 and 29 was never married is 40%. In a random survey of 10 women in this age group, what is the probability that at least eight were married?
a).167 b).013 c)1.002 d).161

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Question 730990: If I may ask, what is the answer to this problem: A community bird-watching society makes and sells simple bird feeders to raise money for its conservation activities. The materials for each feeder cost $4, and the society sells an average of 40 per week at a price of $8 each. The society has been considering raising the price, so it conducts a survey and finds that for every dollar increase, it loses 2 sales per week.
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Question 731111: Which of the following is true of the roots of the equations x^2-6x+8=0?/p> A. They are opposite in sign and equal. B. They are opposite in sign and the larger
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Question 731423: a retailer incurs a fixed cost of N$330 when purchasing sugar for his stock. he pays N$15.00per packet which he resell at N$18.00per packet.how many packets should he purchase and sell in order to break even?
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Question 731621: Katie invest $2000.00 earning 1.8% annual simple intrest. How much will it be worth after 6 months?
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Question 732104: A construction worker drops a hammer from a height of 50 feet. After how many seconds will the hammer land on the ground? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
A) 0.63 seconds
B) 1.77 seconds
C) 2.00 seconds
D) 5.00 seconds
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Question 732229: You are due to receive 3 payments(one per year)which you can invest in an account that earns 9% interest per year.Which sequence of payments yields the greatest amount?
a. $200,$300,$250
b. $250,$100,$300
c. $400,$100,$100
d. $300,$200,$250
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Question 732226: How much money should be invested in an account that earns 9% interest,compounded monthly,if you want to have $500,000 after 20 years?
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Question 732230: Which of the following choices of investment yields the greatest for a deposit of $20,000 over 20 years?
a. 12% simple interest
b. 10.5% compounded quarterly
c. 11.5% compounded weekly
d. 11% compounded daily
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Question 732228: How much would you need to deposit if you wanted to withdrawal $750 a month for 3 years if a bank will pay 8% interest?
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Question 732227: What is the value of an annuity if $250 dollars is deposited monthly for 7 years at 12% interest?
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Question 732423: Find the x�intercept of the line 2x + 5y = 20
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Question 732994: the sale of a brand rose from $3 billion to $3.6 billion. find the percent increase to the nearest whole percent.
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Question 734242:
Principal: 4,000.00
Annual Interest Rate: 8%
Compounding Period: Quarterly
Use the formula for computing future value using compound interest to determine the value of the account at the end of 2 years.
Please detail so I can understand, as I have numerous like problems to solve, bless you.
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Question 734164: Can someone help with the following 2 problems,I'm confused, thanks.
Use formula for compuing fauture value using compound interest to determine value of the account:
1) Principal: $4,000, Interest: 8%, Quarterly, For 2 years
AND
2) Principal: $10,000, Interest: 6%, monthly, For 5 years
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Question 734396: an investor invested a total of $2300 in two mutual funds. one fund earned a 7% profit while the other earned a 2% profit. if the investors total profit was $66, how much was invested in each mutual fund?

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Question 734406: Can someone help, I keep applying the formula, but get wrong answer.
Use A= P(1+rt) to find t, when
A=$966
P=$840
r= 5%
Write out steps so I can see what I'm doing wrong, thankyou.
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Question 734501: Use the formula for computing future value using compound interest to determine the value of the account after 5 years when:
Principal = $10,000
Annual Interest Rate is 6%
Compounded monthly.
In the least, give can you give me the proper formula, and get me started? Thanks Dearly.
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