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Question 823594: Hello, I have a problem, that I dont know what am I doing wrong with it.The problem is like this:
A vendor sends an invoice that totals $6115.68, this invoice contains 2 types of products that have different prices.
Product 1: $1.65 per case
Product 2: $2.46 per case.
How many cases of each product is the vendor charging for?
I just cant figure out how to do this, can someone please explain me?

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Question 823870: Flowers in a basket double themselves after every minute. In an hour the basket is full. The basket would be half full after-
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Question 823903: 12 men take 27 hours to paint a house. Given that all the men work at the same rate, find how long it will take 9 men to paint the same house. I would really appreciate your time and effort if you could help me with this question. I really don't know a method to solve it. Thanks!
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Question 821463: Water is pouring into a tank at a constant rate. When the tank is full, 10 pumps of equal capacity empty the tank
in 12 hrs, while 15 pumps of the same capacity empty the tank in 6 hrs. The time which 25 pumps of the same
capacity take to empty the tank, if the tank is initially full, will be : (All the pipes pouring water into the tank are
always open)

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Question 824023: A road contractor wanted to build a 200 meter long road in 30 days and employed 20 workers. At the end of 15 days, he found that only 80 meter of the road has been completed. How many more worker he must employ to complete the work in time?
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Question 824068: [ Amy can clean the house twice as fast as Thomas. Together they can clean the house in 6 hours. How long would it take each of them working alone to clean the house ? ]

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Question 824025: if a machine produce 1 car in 1 hr, how many cars would be produced by 100 machines in 100 hrs??
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Question 824087: it takes 3 men 8 hours to build 10 sheds. How many hours will it take 9 men to build 15 sheds?
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Question 824171: had joe actually been selling painting? what had been doing
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Question 824281: 14 men can complete work in 5 days where as 5 boy can complete the same work in 10 days in how many days 7 men and 5 boy can complete the task together
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Question 824303: If it takes 6 men 12 days to build a wall, how long will it take 12 men?
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Question 824335: Bob can overhaul a boat's diesel inboard engine in 15hrs. His apprentice takes 30hrs to do the same job. How long would it take them working together assuming no gain or loss in efficiency?
multiple choice:
10hr
45hr
6hr
4hr
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Question 824343: Solve the problem.
An experienced bank auditor can check a bank's deposits twice as fast as a new auditor. Working together it takes the auditors 4 hours to do the job. How long would it take the experienced auditor working alone?
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Question 824377: Pipe A takes 16 min to fill a tank. Pipes B and C, whose cross-sectional circumferences are in the ratio 2:3, fill another tank twice as big as the first. If A has a cross-sectional circumference that is one-third of C, how long will it take for B and C to fill the second tank? (Assume the rate at which water flows through a unit cross-sectional area is same for all the three pipes.)
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Question 824544: If John takes 4 hours to build a tree house and if Kevin takes 5 hours to build a tree house, what part of the job is done if they work together for 1 hour?
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Question 824561: a contractor engages 24 workers to build a road in 30 days. after 24 days he finds that 1/4 of the work remains. how many more workers are needed to build the road in time.
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Question 824467: A can do a piece of work in 18 days and B in 12 days. They begin together but A goes away 2 days before the work is completed. The time in which the work was finished is-
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Question 824620: If four persons take four hours to complete make twelve feet wall so three persons how much take time to complete twelve feet wall
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Question 824716: Ruel can paint a room in 5 hours anf vergel can do it in 6 hours.what part of the job can they do by working for 2 hours
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Question 824717: Ruel can paint a room in 5 hours and vergel can do it in 6 hours.what part of the job can they do by working for 2 hours
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Question 820649: Two pumps of different sizes, working together, can empty a tank in 7 hours. The larger pump can empty the tank in 4 hours less than the smaller pump. If the larger pump is out of order, how long will it take the smaller pump to complete the job?

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Question 824800: Rafael designed a sequined dress to be worn at the a academy awards. maris can sew all the dequins in 10 hr less time than stephanie. to save time he gave the job to both women and got all the sequins attached in 17 hrs. how long would it have taken stephanie working alone.
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Question 824795: Max and Sam have the same size lawn to mow max can finish in 24 min while Sam finished in 36 min
At what time did Sam have twice as much to mow as Max
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Question 824864: Working together,Mike and Seth can sweep a porch in 6.46 minutes . Had he done it alone it would have taken Seth 12 minutes. How long would it take Mike to do it alone?
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Question 824884: If 10 men can make 200 tables working for 15 days at the rate of 8 hr per day, how many tables can 5 men make working for 10 days at the rate of 6 hr a day?
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Question 824909: Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 minutes & 27 minutes individually.A third pipe can empty the full tank in 6 minutes.All the three pipes are opened when the tank was 2/3 full.In how many minute will the tank become empty?
A)11
B)9
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Question 825032: A motor cycle is moving with the speed of 47.52 km/hr and the radius of the wheel of the motorcycle is 21 cms. Calculate the approximate no of revolutions made by the wheel in one minute.
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Question 825081: How would I solve this?
2 men are painting identical size houses. It takes one man 5 hours to paint a house. It takes the other man 3 hours to paint a house. How long would it take if both men paint the same size house together?
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Question 825103: A carpenter can build 15 toolsheds three times as fast as his apprentice. Working together,they can build the sheds in 57 hours. How long would it take each of then working alone to build the sheds?

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Question 825092: Maria could sew on all the sequins in 10 hours less time than Stephanie. to save time, he gave the job to both women and got all the sequins attached in 17 hr. how long would it have taken Stephanie working alone?
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Question 825183: 4. A man was cycling south wards at a speed of 10 miles / hr when he met another man who was cycling west wards at the speed of 11 miles / hr. How far apart they would be after a period of 01 hour
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Question 825182: 16. A man can build a wall 8 ft high in 8 hrs. How many feet high wall can one built in one hour.
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Question 825275: Josephine fills up a swimming pool, measuring 30 m by 16 m, using a hose of radius 6 cm. If the pool is flat and the water flows at 18 km/h, what will be the depth of water (in cm) in the pool after 2.5 hours? Round off your answer to 3 significant figures.
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Question 825488: If Mary and Bob cleans a room in 10 hours and Mary takes 15 hours to do it alone. How long will Bob take to clean the same room. Thank you

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Question 825554: If a takes 8 days to complete a work then how much time will b and c take to complete the same work?
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Question 817424: I need to fill a baby pool with dirt for a garden. the pool has a diameter of 4ft and a height of 1ft. how much dirt do I need?
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Question 825506: An executive secretary can finish a typing job in 10 hours while an ordinary employee can do the same job in 12 hours. How long will it take the two employees to finish the typing if they work together
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