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Question 1042878: if 4 men or 6 women can build a house in 56 days. how many days can 2 men and 5 women complete the same task
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Question 1042878: if 4 men or 6 women can build a house in 56 days. how many days can 2 men and 5 women complete the same task
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Question 1042895: 5*(x-8)=x-4 solve
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Question 1042945: Hello, I'm having a difficult time figuring out this word problem. It states (ONE number is 7 more than twice the other number,Their sum is 34,find the larger number.) I have now idea how to set it up. Can someone please help me, I greatly appreciate it, thank you.
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Question 1042958: Suppose that you expect to sell about 22,000 cookbooks per month online, and assume your overhead, technology, and equipment costs are fixed. What are your total costs?
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Question 1043054: In how many ways can a committee consisting of
2
faculty members and
5
students be formed if there are
9
faculty members and
13
students eligible to serve on the committee?
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Question 1043139: One number is 7 more than twice the other number. Their sum is 34, find the larger number. How do I work out this problem to fi d the larger number ?
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Question 1043145: An investment opportunity allowed Osamu to place $15,000 in a mutual fund that was valued at $18,000 after 2 years. To the nearest tenth, what was the annual percent rate of return,r,on his investment?
A) 20% B) 17.7% C) 10.9% D) 9.5%
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Question 1043237: Sin45(Sin�67+Cos�67)
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Question 1043291: Use identities to find the indicated value for each angle measure.
sin θ = 7/25 , cos θ > 0
Find cos(2θ).
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Question 1043216: An investment will provide you with $100 at the end of each year for the next 10 years,What is the present value of that annuity if the discounted rate is 8% annually?
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Question 1043316: √5a(√5a+√125a^2) simplify
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Question 1043316: √5a(√5a+√125a^2) simplify
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Question 1043316: √5a(√5a+√125a^2) simplify
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Question 1043315: √27+√81/3 simplify
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Question 1043353: Assume you are planning to invest 5,000 each year for 6 yrs and will earn 10% per yr. Determine the future value of the annuity if your first 5,000 is invested at the end of the first year.
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Question 1043400: 3/7 is equal to how many 35ths?
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Question 1043359: The present value of a loan that calls for the payment of 5,000 per year for 6 years if the discount rate is 10 percent and the first payment will be made one year from now? How many would your answer change if the 5000 per year occurred for 10 years
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Question 1043459: p(x)=-0.05^2+500x-1000 min and max
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Question 1043395: 10+2/√12*3^_1/2
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Question 1043356: Determine the present value now of an investment of 3,000 made one year from now and an additional 3,000 made 2 years from now if the annual discount rate is 4 percent.
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Question 1043568: Hi, I'm trying to write an equation to solve this problem and running into difficulty:
I have 300000 to invest. A safe investment earns 3.5% per year. A risky investment yields 7% a year. How much is needed to be invested at each rate to earn $15,000 per year.
I'm certain it has something to do with the simple interest formula but I just can't make this work. I get that SI=prt, but I can't work out beyond that.

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Question 1043579: If something was purchased at $X, and sold for $28, making X% profit, what was the cost of that something?
Not certain, but does it have something to do with X^2?
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Question 1043471: a number when divided by 2 leaves a remainder 3 . when it is divided by 3, the remainder is 2. what is the number
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Question 1042208: Use the inflation proportion to estimate the 2005 price of a jacket which costs $470 in 2002. Assume that the price increased at the average annual rate shown in the table below. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
Year Average CPI-U Percent Change in CPI-U
1999 166.6 2.2
2000 172.2 3.4
2001 177.1 2.8
2002 179.9 1.6
2003 184.0 2.3
2004 188.9 2.7
2005 195.3 3.4

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Question 1043574: If something was purchased at $X, and sold for $28, making X profit, what was the cost of that something?
Not certain, but does it have something to do with X^2?
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Question 1042210: On April 1, the unpaid balance in an account was $218. A payment of $30 was made on April 11. On April 21, a $40 purchase was made. The finance charge rate was 15% per month of the average daily balance. Find the new balance at the end of April.
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Question 1041940: What is wrong with the following :
An index number of retail prices in April 1995 was 124.2 (jan 1994=100).
In april 2000 the value of the index was 150.4 (jan 1994=100). Hence prices
had gone up by 26.2% between april 1995 and april 2000.
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Question 1043811: If the population of a town increases every year by 2% ofa total population at the begining of that year, in how many year will the total increase of population be 40%?
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Question 1043829: You are standing on a sidewalk and watching a parade pass by. Here are the observations you make:
1. For the first 7 minutes, 50 people walk by you per minute.
2. This rate decreases by 20% for the next 3 minutes.
3. This rate decreases by 50% for the next 2 minutes.
How many people passed by you?
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Question 1043828: You are on the planning committee for a city and there is a festival coming to town. Your job is to find a space big enough to accommodate the estimated 2,000 people attending. If each person averages 3.5 square feet, how much square feet will you need?
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Question 1043822: Four letters are selected at random with replacement from the word MATHCOUNTS. What is the probability that the letters in the order they are selected will form the word MATH?

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Question 1043844: Hello! doing a calculation but stumped at the moment. If $3,325.00 represents .35 (35%) of the total cost, what is the TOTAL COST?
Thanks for your help!
AD

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Question 1043826: 1. A bunch of AMDM students were able to squeeze 50 people in a 9 x 9 ft square. Using this ratio, how much space does one person use?

2. Using this ratio, how many people can fit in a hallway that measures 16 x 75 feet?
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Question 1043823: A point is chosen at random on the coordinate plane such that both of its coordinates are between 0 and 2. What is the probability that the point is less than 1 unit from the origin?

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Question 1043827: Solve in terms of E.
1. Using a 3 x 3 ft square to estimate a crowd in a 100 x 150 ft field. What would the equation/formula be?
2. Using a 10 x 10 ft square to estimate a crowd in a 250 x 250 ft field. What would the equation/formula be?
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Question 1043921: Hello it would be great if someone could help me thanks.
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Question 1043824: Mario and Bowser begin with a hat that has 5 balls in it: 3 are red, 2 are green. Bowser secretly picks a ball and tells Mario it is red, although he might be lying about the color. If there is an 80% chance Bowser is lying, what is the probability that Mario draws 2 red balls in a row after Bowser's initial draw?

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Question 1041919: A manufacturing company receives orders for engines from two assembly plants. Plant I needs at least 45 engines, and plant II needs at least 32 engines. The company can send at most 120 engines to these assembly plants. It costs $30 per engine to ship to plant I and $40 per engine to ship to plant II. Plant I gives the manufacturing company $20 in rebates toward its products for each engine they buy, while plant II gives similar $10 rebates. The manufacturer estimates that they need at least $1500 in rebates to cover products they plan to buy from the two plants. How many engines should be shipped to each plant to minimize shipping costs? What is the minimum cost?

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Question 1044011: What are the dimensions of a rectangle with diagonals of 26 cm and diagonals that intersect at 44 degrees?
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Question 1044002: In a survey of 8000 women, 5431 say they change their nail polish once a week. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population proportion of women who change their nail polish once a week.
A 90% confidence interval for the population proportion is? Round to three decimal places as needed
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Question 1044029: An amusement park sells adults'and children's passes.An adult's pass is $25 and a child's pass is $15. A group spent $440 on 20 passes. How many children's passes did the group purchase.
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Question 1044035: The three packages weigh a total of 15 pounds. The first package weighs twice as much as the second package. The third package weighs three times as much as the second package. How many pounds does the first package weigh?
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Question 1043984: three person A, B, C finished a piece of work .A worked at it for 15 days, B worked for 7 days and C for 9 days. Their daily wages were in the ratio of 4:3:2 and the total earning amounted to Rs. 198, what was the daily wages of A?
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