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Question 1183846: John finished 1/3 of his homework assignment between 6:00 PM and 7;30 Pm. He needs to finish his assignment by 7:30 PM. If he works at the same rate, what is the latest time that he can return to his homework?
A. 7:45 Pm
B.8 PM
C. 8:30 PM
D. 9:30 PM
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Question 1183924: A point is chosen at random from within a circular region. What is the probability that the point is closer to the center of the region that is the boundary of the region.
A. 1/4
B. 1/3
C. 1/2
D. 2/3
E. 3/4
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Question 1184019: After a party, Ronen noticed that 4/9 of a pound of treats remain. He decided to take six tenth, or 0.6 of that amount to school and keep the rest for himself. What fraction of the remaining treats will Ronen bring to school?

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Question 1184278: Stephanie took a science exam that had two parts.
• Part 1: She got 16 questions correct, which was 4/5 of the number of part 1 questions.
• Part 2: She got 16 questions correct, which was 2/3 of the number of part
2 questions.
What was the total number of questions on Stephanie’s exam?
A. 32
B. 40
C. 44
D. 48
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Question 1184280: Adonica made snacks for her friends by putting equal amounts of trail mix into small bags. If she started with 3 AND 4/5 cups of trail mix and put
3/4 cup into each bag, how many complete bags did she make?
Show your work and explain how you answered the question.
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Question 1184328: A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar for every 4 teaspoons of vanilla. How much vanilla should be used for every 1 cup of sugar?

Answer Options:
A. 1/6
B. 2 AND 2/ 3
C. 4 AND 2/ 3
D. 6

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Question 1184460: 3/8 of the pupils in a Chess Club are boys. 1/2 of the boys and 3/4 of the girls wear spectacles. If 72 pupils in the club do not wear spectacles, how many pupils are there in the Chess Club altogether?
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Question 1185013: Find the dimensions and the area of the largest rectangle that can be fit under the graph of y = sin(x), 0 <= x <= π, if one side of the rectangle lies on the positive x-axis.
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Question 1185156: Express as a fraction in simplest form:
8+16+24+…+784/6+12+18+…+588
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Question 1185156: Express as a fraction in simplest form:
8+16+24+…+784/6+12+18+…+588
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Question 1185156: Express as a fraction in simplest form:
8+16+24+…+784/6+12+18+…+588
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Question 1185007: A chord of a circle of diameter 10 feet is decreasing in length 1 foot per minute. Find the rate of change of the smaller arc subtended by the chord when the chord is 8 feet long.
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Question 1185535: IF we 66^66÷64 what is remainder?
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Question 1186063: What does -8(-7) equal

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Question 1186064: What does -8(-7) equal
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Question 1186211: I currently have the English Alphabet containing 26 letters. I remove two of the letters. Then , I remove one-half of the remaining letters. Then, I remove an additional one-third of the remaining letters. Then I double the amount of letters I have left. Finally, I remove three-fourths of the remaining letters. How many letters do I have left?
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Question 1186261: Time Interval Ball A ( 20 grams) Ball B ( 40 grams) Ball C ( 80 grams)
1 6 6 6
2 24 24 24
3 54 54 54
4 96 96 96

a. The weight of 2 ball is doubled.
‘what effect does this have on the
distance & rolls in a given time
terval?
b. If the weight of the ball is
quadrupled, what effect does this have
on the distance it rolls in a given time
enerval?
c. How far will ball A travel in 5
seconds?
d. How far will ball A travel in 6
seconds?
e. If a particular time is tripled, what
effect does this have on the distance 9
ball travels?
f.If a particutar time is doubled, what
effect does this have on the distance a
ball interval
g. How much tinve is required for one
Of the balls to travel 1.5 inches?
h. How far will one of the balls travel in
1.5 seconds?
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Question 1186365: how much time required for one of the balls to travel 1.5 inches?
how far will one of the balls travel in 1.5 seconds?
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Question 1186413: what is the number that is one half of one quarter of one tenth of 240?
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Question 1187433: What is the another name of newton Raphson method
1) Newton method
2) Tangent method,
Please suggest me the correct answer.
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Question 1187482: Hello:
I'm stumped on this question, how do I go about solving it
There are 256 red apples and green apples in a box
1/4 of the apples are red
More red apples are added to the box
Now 1/3 of the apples are red
How many red apples were added to the box
Thanks in advance

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Question 1187493: Hello
I'm stumped on this question. How do I do about solving it?
Sandy and Aleesha have some money
3/4 of Sandra's money is equal to 2/5 of Aleesha's money
Aleesha has $490 more than Sandy
How much money does Sandy have
Thanks in advance.

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Question 1187695: Let U { 2,6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18} Find each of the following
1. (A∩B)'

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Question 1187726: A school had a basketball tournament. The different teams played against each other once. If there were 9 games in all, how many teams joined the tournament?
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Question 1187728: 6. Let U = {2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18} , A= {2,6,10} B= { 6, 10, 16, 18 } and C = {14,16 } Find each of the following.
1.( A ∩ B)’
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Question 1188043: A pizza was cut into 4 equal pieces.
If Maddie ate ¼ of the pizza,
and Marco ate 2/4 of the pizza, how
many pieces of the pizza are left?
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Question 1188330: The length of a certain rectangle is 8 more than the width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 6 more than five times the width. Find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 1103049: Add all the given life expectancies, and you'll get 360. Then divide 360 by the number of batteries, i.e. 20. Your answer should be 18.

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Question 1188867: Mark had an equal number of blue and red marbles. He gave away 5/9 of his
blue marbles and sold 49 red marbles. In the end, he was left with 1/3 of the
marbles. How many marbles did he have at first?
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Question 1188926: Aliff spends 3/5 of his money on 2 pencils and 2 staplers. He can buy another
4 pencils with the remaining money. If he spends all his money on staplers
only, how many staplers can he buy?
(1) 5
(2) 8
(3) 10
(4) 20
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Question 1189204: Amy baked 18 more banana cakes than butter cakes. After giving away 35 cakes of each type, the number of butter cakes left is 3/4 of the number of banana cakes left. How many butter cakes did she bake?
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Question 1189275: Hector, Kenny and Elliot went shopping with $2190. Kenny spent $80 and Hector spent 2/5 of his money. Hector spent half as much as Elliot and had $160 less than what Elliot had left. In the end, Kenny and Hector had the same amount of money left. How much money had Elliot at first?
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Question 1189395: Please help me solve this problem!!
: A book dealer has books in store of which 1/5 were hardcover books . the dealer sold 2/3 of the books , including 3/4 of the hardcover books . what fraction of the unsold books were hardcover books??
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Question 1191406: List all the permutations of the 4 objects a, b, c, d, and e, taken 3 at a time.
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Question 1191406: List all the permutations of the 4 objects a, b, c, d, and e, taken 3 at a time.
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Question 1191409: How many three-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 1,2,3,4:
A. If repetition of the digits is permitted?
B. If repetition of the digits is not permitted?
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Question 1191408: How many three-letter words (real or imaginary) can be formed formed from the letters in the word
A. MAN?
B. MOM?
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Question 1191405: List all the permutations of the 4 objects a, b, c, and d, taken 2 at a time.
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Question 1191480: Henry and Imran had the same number of playing cards. Henry gave away 4/5 of his playing cards while Imran gave away 5/7 of his playing cards. Given that Henry gave away 12 playing cards more than Imran, how many playing cards did Henry have at first?
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