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Question 442107: a% of 560 is 150 find a
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Question 442706: if the length and breadth of a rectangular field are increased, the area increases by 50%. if the increase in the length was 20% , by what percentage was the breadth increased?
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Question 443021: Bayside insurance offers two health plans. Under plan A, Giselle would have to pay the first $100 of her medical bills plus 25% of the rest. Under plan B, Giselle would pay the first $160, but only 20% of the rest.
For what amount of medical bills will plan B save Giselle money? assume she has over $160 in bills.Giselle would save with plan B if she had more than what in medical bills?
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Question 443706: If I use 84 rolls of paper towels in 144 days, what is the daily average use?
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Question 443821: how do i figure out what i must sell something for to make a 30% profit ie. i bought something for 1.25 how much must i sell it for to make a 30%profit
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Question 443830: eight-five percent of mrs.coomers math class passed her final exam. there were 40 students in her class. how many passed?
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Question 446334: You bought 3 books for $22.50 at a 7% tax rate. How much was the tax?
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Question 446439: a number cube is rolled 360 times and the results are 60ones, 58 twos, 70threes, 74 fours,38 fives, 60 sixes what are the probablity of rolling atwo or a three?
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Question 447536: The purchase price of an automobile including tax is $32,514.08. If the tax rate is 8.75% what was the cost of the automobile before taxes?
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Question 447582: What does the word "Algebra" mean?

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Question 447582: What does the word "Algebra" mean?

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Question 447706: What % is 9,490 from 10,430?
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Question 447706: What % is 9,490 from 10,430?
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Question 448651: Hi i have a question about my home work i have i am in &Th grade and am curently failing math in Pre-algebra. My question is to do with Percentages its "What percent of 91 is 45?" i need help working it out thanks!
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Question 449183:
What percentage of female customers had a fashion-oriented lifestyle? 215 out of 736
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Question 449182:

Lifestyle Orientations Total
Gender Economically-Conscious Fashion-Oriented Autonomous Homebody
Male 103 82 62 17 264
Female 411 215 64 46 736

What percentage of female customers had a fashion-oriented lifestyle? What does this mean for a business company
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Question 449699: What is the volume, in cubic inches, of a right circular cone with a diameter of 6 inches and a height of 8 inches? (use 3.14 for n)
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Question 450050: Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did the statue originally cost him?

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Question 450072: Hi, I am stuck on the following question and can't seem to find a solution:
23% of a sum of money is $142.60; what is 20% of it?
Possible outcomes A) $120.08 B) $62 C) $124 D) $95.10
Thanks for your help!
Gladys
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Question 450099: Hunter wants to make sausage consisting of 50% Pork, 37% Beef, and the rest venison. How much PORK will he need if he uses 65 pounds of venison?
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Question 450309: A suit is made of 60% wool and 40% polyester.
a) What fractional part of the suit is wool?
b) What fractional part of the suit is polyester?
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Question 450429: An alloy of tin is 15% tin and weighs 20 pounds. A second alloy is 10% tin. How many pounds of the second alloy must be added to the first to get a 12% mixture?

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Question 450431: A mixture of 30 pounds of candy sells for $1.10 a pound. The mixture consists of chocolates worth $1.50 a pound and chocolates worth 90� a pound. How many pounds of the $1.50 chocolate were used to make the mixture?
If x represents the pounds of $1.50 chocolates used, then which of the following represents the pounds of 90� chocolates used?
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Question 450604: I paid $220 for a piece of slate but sold it for $275 so I made a $55 profit. What is the percentage made?
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Question 450428: To reduce 16 ounces of a 25% solution of antiseptic to a 10% solution, how much distilled water should a nurse add?
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Question 450900: On a 60 question test , with a final grade of 93, how many questions did I miss?
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Question 450900: On a 60 question test , with a final grade of 93, how many questions did I miss?
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Question 450900: On a 60 question test , with a final grade of 93, how many questions did I miss?
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Question 451732: this year 75% of graduating class of a collage had taken at least 8 maths courses. Of the remaining class members class members ,60% had taken 6 or 7 maths courses. what % of graduating class had taken fewer than 6 maths courses?
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Question 92489: If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?
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Question 452574: im studying for my end of course exam so anything on percent decrease/increase would be nice. thanks.
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Question 453015: 20% of a number is x/3. What is the number?
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Question 453074: What is the population percentage of male in china if there is 1300000000 people altogether and 670000000. Can you tell me what the percentage of males in china is?
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Question 454355: amy paid $65.14 for a pair of running shoes during a 40% off sale. What was the regular price?
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Question 454412: 123 is what percent of 100?
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Question 454869: The market bought grapes for $0.87 a pound and sold them for $1.15 a pound. What is the percent of increase rounded to the nearest tenth?
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Question 454863: In tryouts for a school play, 30% of the participants were eliminated the first week. Of those remaining, 20% were chosen. If 7 were chosen, how many tried out?
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Question 456056: Jack loaned Bob $1,500 at an annual interest rate of 7%. After one year, how much will Bob owe Jack?

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Question 456368: How much percent can be in a pie chart?
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Question 456702: how do you find the percent decrease of a problem?

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Question 456915: What did I score on my test if I got 111 questions right out of 144?
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Question 456899: frances johnson received a 6.2% increase in earnings. She was earning $86,900 annually. what is her new annual earnings?
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