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Question 397381: Translate this to a mathematical equation and solve. Please show all of your work.
A bike road race starts at an elevation of 920 feet and passes through five stages where the elevation changes by -420 feet, 180 feet, -108 feet, -33 feet, and 118 feet. At what elevation does the race end
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Question 1159060: A company that is selling computer tablets has determined that it regularly makes a net profit of $180 for each computer tablet they sell. The company decides to start a rebate program in which they will give a $30 rebate VISA gift card for anyone that fills out the rebate forms. The actuary at the company predicts that only 18% of the people that purchase their tablets will successfully fill out the paper work and use the $30 rebate. What should the company expect their net profit per tablet sold to drop to after the rebate program? (The company will still earn $180 net profit for most customers)
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Question 1031875: Marrisa Anderson is a huge fan of the science show "Mr. Wizard" so she decides to make her own knock-off skit of it called "Ms. Wizard". Because of demand it is held at a large auditorium. Tickets are sold at the following prices, Children are 4.50$ Adults are 9.75$ and Seniors are 5.50$.There is a raffle she is doing where she gives away the whole show on a DVD. Each child receives one raffle ticket, seniors receive 2 and adults receive 3.
The show is a huge success and only on audience helpers catches on fire. After the show Marrisa checks the number of people that attended and finds out that 1,118 people attended the science spectacular. She counts the total amount of money she made and finds out she made $8,037.50. The number of raffle tickets total is 2,518. She wants to find out the following, how many science loving people attending that were children, how many were adults and how many were seniors?
(Note the strategy known as "Guess and Check" is not allowed to solve this problem)
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