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Question 707778:

What is 6000 times .17%?
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Question 707858: In some year election for president there were 75.4 million voters, whereas in the next year there were 123.6 million voters. Find the percent change in the number of voters.
The percent change in the number of voters is 63.9 %
( type an integer or decimal rounded to one decimal place as needed)
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Question 707887: For a recent year, Americans spent approximately $69 Billion on weddings. This represents a 50% increase from the amount spent in 2001. What amount did Americans spend on weddings in 2001?

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Question 707941: in a group of 12 students, 7 of the students were girls. What is the fraction of boys and girls in the group
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Question 708022: My problem is to find a:
I've already distributed the problem to (ac+mx=acx) but I'm not sure where to go from here.
Thank you for the help
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Question 708042: My question is too find y: (6/p)-ax=(m/y)+k I'm not sure where to start and need a bit of help to figure out where to go with this problem.
Thank you for the help

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Question 708354: Stan spent 65% of his money and had 266 left How much had he left at first?
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Question 708474:

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Question 708581: Hi,
I am working with word problems that contain fractions and am not sure how to solve the following problem:
A respiratory therapy class consists of 24 men and 36 women. What fraction of the class are men? Please answer as a fraction reduced to lowest terms.
I tried to add the two numbers together and reduce but the answer did not make sense. I am not sure what information is important and what is not. Thank you for your time.
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Question 707997: I tend to have a hard time with word problems. This problem seems easy but I need a bit of help with step by step solving for later problems.
Shoes cost $20 per pair and boots cost $60 per pair. Arlene and Jerry spent $8000 and bought 3 times as many boots as shoes. How many pairs of each did they buy?
Thanks for the help
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Question 708649: How many gallons of a 70% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 70 gallons of 25% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 60% antifreeze?
x= 70% antifreeze
x+70= 25%antifreeze
x+.60(x+70)=unknown this is were I am lost
x+.60x+42
1.6x+42
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Question 708766: Divide 56 into two parts such that 3/8 of the larger number decreased by 6 equals 1/4 if the smaller number.
The answers are 32 and 24 but how do get to them.
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Question 708806: the ratio of boys to girls in a class is 2:3. there are 10 boys in the class. how many girls are there?
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Question 708836: The sum of two number is 22.the sum of 3/4 one of the number and 1/5 of the other number is 11.find the two numbers?
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Question 708836: The sum of two number is 22.the sum of 3/4 one of the number and 1/5 of the other number is 11.find the two numbers?
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Question 709021: Please help me with this: Luisa and Rachel have some trading cards. The ratio of their cars is 3:1. If Luisa gives 2 cards to Rachel , the ratio will be 2:1. How many cards does Luisa have? It says 18 as in the answer key but i don't know how to get that. Please respond asap. THANK!
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Question 709157:
A cup costs Rs.8 and a glass costs Rs 12. If their equal number is bought for Rs.120. Find the numbers of cups bought?
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Question 709206: You are buying a TV priced at �600, the shop requires a deposit of 15%, how much is the deposit?
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Question 709507: Mixture Problem A chemist has 20% and 50% solutions of acid available. How many liters of each solution should be mixed to obtain 10 liters of a 40% acid solution?
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Question 709562: 16% of 225
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Question 709596: adding chlorine to a pool:for a 9000 L pool you add 200 g. What dose should you add for a 60000 L pool?
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Question 709608: One person puts in $2160 and another$900 as part of an investment.How should a profit of $680 from the investment be shared between them based on their contributions?
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Question 710224: 3% of what number is 36
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Question 710270: the store marks item 10% up from the original price then puts it on sale 10% off what is the real percentage saved?
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Question 710376: A 3 inch by 5 inch picture is enlarged so that the longer side measures 6 foot. What is the length of the shorter side?
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Question 710519: I am having a really hard time on this problem.
A farmer brings a 300 pound watermelon to market. Unbeknownst to the farmer, two months ago this village passed a ban on the purchase of watermelons, and so it just sits out all day in the sun without anybody buying it. During this rather hot day, some of the water in the watermelon evaporates, so that by the time she packs up her wares to go home, the water has dropped from comprising 99 percent of the total fruit down to constituting 98 percent. How much does her watermelon weigh now? (remember that the water in the watermelon evaporates, but the watermelon meat does not.)
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Question 710520: I have a gallon of lemonade that is 20% lemon juice. I like it better when it is 25% juice. How much juice should I add?
I know that I need to add 5% more lemon juice, so do I need to just figure out how to say 5/100 gallons? ... Like in quarts or something?
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Question 710465: What is one half plus one half?
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Question 710590: if there are 87 females and 49 males what is the proportion?

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Question 710939: What is three and one half as a percentWhat is three and one half as a percent
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Question 711171: Daniel is a sales associate for an insurance co. He earns $500 per week plus 11% commission on his sales. How much does he need to sell in a week in order to earn at least $800 that week?
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Question 711280: The United States consists of 2271 million acres of land. Approximately 29% of this land is federally owned. Find the number of acres that are not federally owned.
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Question 711586: Michael gained 109 total yards. This is about 62.4% less than Jacob. how many total yards did Jacob gain?
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Question 711624: Although six of the question where answered incorrectly by steve. He still answered 92% of the question correctly. How many question did he answer in all?
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Question 711627: Although six of the question where answered incorrectly by steve. He still answered 92% of the question correctly. How many question did he answer in all?

I don't understand how you get 69. Can you explain that?
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Question 711725: If my monthly rent is $360.00, and it needs to be .33% of my monthly income, how much is the income?
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Question 711834: ratio of 3 hours 40 minutes

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Question 712052: chris planted 1/6 of his watermelon seeds and 20 cucumber seeds. if he planted 26 seeds toal how many waermelon seeds does he have left?
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Question 712224:
A pancake recipe requires three and two thirds cups of milk to one cup of flour. If two and three quarters cups of milk is used, what quantity of flour will be needed, according to the recipe?
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Question 712163:
In a school of 1620 pupils the ratio of boys to girls is 4:5
How many girls in the school?
Teaching a 10 year old so easy as possible solution
Thank you
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Question 712560: i want to make a gallon of lemonade. I know that one lemon weighs 6 ounces and yields a quarter cup of juice, I need to use a ratio table to calculate how many lemons i will need to make a gallon of lemonade.
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Question 712696: If i can ride a bicycle at a rate of 5 metre per seconds.How long will it take me to ride a distance of 12 kilometre at the same rate?
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