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Question 1106727: Terrence has a total of ninety P20, P50, and P100-bills. He has three and a half times as many P50 as P20 bills,
and one-half as many P100 as P20-bills. How much money does he have?
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Question 1106826: The gross domestic product, G, of Switzerland was 280 billion dollars in 2007. Give a formula for G (in billions of dollars) t years after 2007 if G increases by
3% a year

300 billion a year
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Question 1106883: The table shows the Milage Mr.X drove on a recent trip.He drove for a total of 24 hours.Explain how to find Mr.X�s average speed?Then find the average speed.
Mr.X�s Trip
Day Miles
1 | 486
2 | 316
3 | 638
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Question 1106913: A hot drink is taken outside on a cold winter day when the air temperature is −7�C. According to a principle of physics called Newton's Law of Cooling, the temperature T (in degrees Celsius) of the drink 't' minutes after being taken outside is given by
T(t) = −7 + Ae^(−kt),
where A and k are constants.
(a)
Suppose that the temperature of the drink is 86�C when it is taken outside. Find the value of the constant A.
(b)
In addition, suppose that 20 minutes later the drink is 29�C. Find the value of the constant k.
(c)
What will the temperature be after 28 minutes?
(d)
When (i.e., after how many minutes) will the temperature reach 0�C?
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Question 1106963: The sum of two numbers is ten. Make a table for the sentence.
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Question 1107057: Mr. Bean lived a quarter of his life as a child, a fifth as a teenager, and a third as an adult. He then spent 13 years in his old age. How old was he when he died?
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Question 1107145: A uniform steel beam has a mass of 1000 kg. On it is resting half of an identical beam, as shown in Fig. 9-44. What is the vertical support force at each end?
left end

___N (upward)
right end

___N (upward)
Figure 9-44
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Question 1106994: Let
f(x,y)=(x^2+2y^2)/
(x+y) if (x,y)otherthan(0,0)
0 otherwise

Then the directional derivative of f at (0, 0) along u = (1, 1) is
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Question 1106994: Let
f(x,y)=(x^2+2y^2)/
(x+y) if (x,y)otherthan(0,0)
0 otherwise

Then the directional derivative of f at (0, 0) along u = (1, 1) is
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Question 1107192: y is a function of x if, for each element x in the domain, there is/are _____ of y in the range.
would like some assistance with this, please.

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Question 1107095: 5-2 (Compound value solving for n) how many years will the following take?
a. $500.00 to grow to $1,039.50 if invested at 5 percent compounded annually
b. $35 to grow to $53.87 if invested at 9 percent compounded annually
c. 100 to grow to $298.60 if invested at 20 percent compounded annually
d. $53 to grow to $78.76 if invested at 2 percent compounded annually

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Question 1107222: A gardener has 7/8 of mulch he is planning to spread evenly over 20 flowers beds.How much mulch will each flower bed receive?
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Question 1107082: I need to know how to write an equation for each line segment in a triangle and be able to describe relationships I notice about the line segments and equations. Side A has 2 units, side B has 2 units, and side C has 4 units. Thanks! -Jessie @jessiejo0613@yahoo.com or @2018jedmunds@newcastle.k12.ca.us
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Question 1107224: A human has 46 chromosomes.This is 5 3/4 Times the number of chromosomes a fruitfly has.How many chromosomes does a fruitfly have?
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Question 1107081: One solution contains 2 parts salt to 8 parts water, and another contains 3 parts salt to 5 parts water. How much of each should be mixed together in order to obtain 280 quarts of a solution that is 3 parts salt to 7 parts water?
ANSWER: __ quarts and ____ quarts respectively
Thanks for helping! <3
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Question 1107249: John invested $30k in various stocks & bonds. He earned 6% on his bonds
and 12% on his stocks. Total profits on both investments = $2460.
How much of the $30k did he invest in bonds???
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Question 1107276: For the curve given by 4x^2+y^2=48+2xy show that dy/dx = y−4x/y−x
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Question 1107273: For the curve given by 4x^2+y^2=48+2xy, show that there is a point P with x-coordinate 2 at which the line tangent to the curve at P is horizontal.
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Question 1107296: Rocco wants to calculate the cost of covering the floor of his family room with tile. The floor measures 15 feet 5 inches by 12 feet 6 inches. He chooses rectangular tiles that are 12� by 18�. A box of 20 tiles costs $70.00. How many boxes must Rocco buy? What is the total cost?
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Question 1107325: According to a survey,12% of the students at a school bought their own lunch.If 36 students bought their own lunch,how many were surveyed?
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Question 1107327: A scooter can travel between 22 and 28 miles per gallon of gasoline. If 1 gallon cost between $3.75 and $3.95, about how much will it cost to travel 75 miles?
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Question 1107322: A tiger can eat food that weighs up to 15% of its bodyweight.If a tiger can eat 75 lbs of food,how much does an average tiger weigh?
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Question 1107295: Gia decides to buy square tiles to cover her kitchen floor. The tiles are 18� square tiles and cost $3.85 each. How much will it cost to tile her kitchen if the measurements are 11� x 12�?

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Question 1107374: You ride your bike to your friend's house after school. To get there, you bike due south for 6 miles and then due east for 4.5 miles. To get home, you take a shortcut that is a diagonal path. What is the distance of the diagonal path? Round your answer to the nearest tenth
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Question 1107434: After a drought, the Great Salt Lake in Utah covered an area of 2450 kilometers squared or 35/64 the area of the lake under normal weather conditions. Find the area of Great Salt Lake under normal weather conditions.
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Question 1107454: One number is one more than four times another. If their sum is decreased by three, the result is thirteen. Find the numbers.
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Question 1107460: Find x if (79)/(125 )((79+x)/(125+x))=1
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Question 1107386: Homeward Hardware buys cat litter for $6 less 20% per bag. The store's overhead is 45% of cost and the owner requires profit of 20% of cost.
For how much should the bags be sold?
What is the amount of markup included in the selling price?
What is the rate of markup based on selling price?
What is the rate of markup based on cost?
What is the break-even price?
What operating profit or loss is made if a bag is sold for $6?
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Question 1107470: a Berger price is increase 3rupee to 4 rupe it's demand is decrease by 1200 to 800 find elasticity of demand
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Question 1107553: Using the equation below for delivery costs, give the slope of the equation. (Let C be the fee in dollars for special delivery m miles over the first 10 miles.)

C = 0.25m + 7
Explain the slope's meaning in this situation. (Include units with your numerical answers.)
It means that each mile over -------- will increase the delivery fee by -------
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Question 1107425: A carter prepares three times as many pizzas as she usually prepares for a large party.She usually prepares 5 pizzas.The carter also estimates that each guest will eat 1/3 of a pizza.Write an expression that represents this situation.Then solve for the number of people the carter�s pizzas can serve.
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Question 1107435: A farmer has 3/5 of his land under cultivation, 3/4 of which is in soybeans. How much land does the farmer have if he is growing 270 acres of soybeans?
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Question 1107694: for the function f(x)-=x^2-2x+10+8
find all values x for which f(x)=13
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Question 1107756: Daniel received a bonus of $6,300. If he spent three-fifths of this amount on a vacation, how much would he have left?
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Question 1107753: A television commercial advertises that a certain type of light bulb will last on average, 200 hours longer that three times the life of another type of light bulb. If consumers tests show that the advertised bulb lasts 4700 hours, how many hours must the other type of bulb last for the advertisers claim to be valid?
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Question 1107760: A town�s population has been increasing at a constant (linear) rate. In 2010 the population was 46,020. By 2012 the population had increased to 52,070. Assume this trend continues.
A.The town's predicted population in the year 2020 is:
B.In what year will the town's predicted population be 103495 ?
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Question 1107782: Write the equation -6x+ 7y=21 in slope-intercept form
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Question 1107749: A towns population has been increasing at a constant (linear) rate. In 2010 the population was 46,020. By 2012 the population has increased to 52,070. Assume this trend continues.
The towns predicted population in 2020 is?
In what year will the towns predicted population be 103495?
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Question 1107727: suppose you hold a deiversified portfolio consisting of a $7500 investment in each of 20 different common stock.The portfolio beta is equal to 1.12.Now,supose you have decided to sell one of the stocks in your portfolio with a beta equal to 1.0 for $7500 and to use these proceeds to buy another stock for your portfoilo.Assume the new stocks beta is equal to 1.75.calculate your portfolio is new beta
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Question 1107772: Homeward Hardware buys cat litter for $6 less 20% per bag. The store's overhead is 45% of cost and the owner requires profit of 20% of cost.
For how much should the bags be sold?
What is the amount of markup included in the selling price?
What is the rate of markup based on selling price?
What is the rate of markup based on cost?
What is the break-even price?
What operating profit or loss is made if a bag is sold for $6?
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Question 1107722: PT Company is considering investing in a particular project. The initial investment cost is $. 200,000. It is expected that the project may generate a benefit for 5 years as shown below:
Year Operating cost Annual cash inflow
0 200,000 --
1 15,000 $. 80,000
2 18,000 50,000
3 14,000 30,000
4 2,000 40,000
5 1,000 45,000
Additional information:- A discounting Rate is 9% and PV for year 0, 1, 3, 4, and 4, and 5 are 1, 0.92, 0.84, 0.77, 0.71 and 0.65 respectively
Required:
A. Calculate the Net percent Value of the project
B. If you are the project adviser of PT Company would you accept the project or reject? Why?

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Question 1107721: A company is considering investing on a particular project. The alternative projects available are: Project A that costs $. 300,000, and Project B that Costs $. 170,000. The net cash inflows estimates are as follows:
Net Cash Inflow
Year Project A Project B
1 40,000 30,000
2 50,000 50,000
3 90,000 70,000
4 100,000 30,000
5 40,000 45,000
A. Calculate payback period for each project
B. Which project do you think will have shorter payback period?

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