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Question 887954: I have 100% in my class my final is worth 14% of my grade, i missed my final and can no longer take it so i got a 0 on it what is my grade now?
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Question 887953: I have 100% in my class my final is worth 14% of my grade, i missed my final and can no longer take it so i got a 0 on it what is my grade now?
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Question 888000: The price of fruit increased 20% in July, and then 30% in August. What was the total % increase?
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Question 887999: If I am taxed at 20% on my earnings what do I need to earn to buy an item costing �100
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Question 888155: There were 14 dozen eggs that were bought for $ 4.50. They were sold for 1/3 or the price. how much did they sell for?
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Question 888152: What number does not belong 1/1000, 1/10, 0, 1/100, 10
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Question 888152: What number does not belong 1/1000, 1/10, 0, 1/100, 10
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Question 888160: Can someone please show me how to get 1/3 of 63.00 and 1/3 of 4.50
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Question 888183: what is 41% of 300 students.

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Question 888183: what is 41% of 300 students.

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Question 888352: if 71 is 60% of the total, how much is the total?
Please show how it's done
thank you
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Question 888411: There are 55 students enrolled in a class . In a very stormy day 40% of students were absent . How many students are absent ? How many are present ?
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Question 889300: The contractor's costs for building a small block of flats are in the ratio of 17:7:1 for labour, materials and overheads. The contractor charges his client $150,000 after making a profit of 20%. Find the original cost of the labour involved.
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Question 889327: Alfred obtained a mark of 50% in his half yearly exam. He decided to go to private tuition with the hope of doing better in the annual exams. Alfred was rewarded because his mark went up to 70%. Find the percentage increase.
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Question 889353: Last year, Alisa�s retirement account lost 9.9% in value. Right now she has $50,456 dollars in her account. How much money did Alisa have before the loss
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Question 889373: Nicole bought a piece of property for $12,000. She sold it for $15,000. What is the percent of increase?
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Question 889576: F is a function from R to R. f(x)=x+1/x-1 then find the inverse function of f(x)
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Question 889709: if the result of incresing by 300% of 'a' is 'b' then a is what percent of b

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Question 889791: 7 is what percent of 35 ?
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Question 889812: what is the angle between the hour hand and minute hand if the time is 6 hours 20 minutes
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Question 889790: During the last 10 years, the population of a town increased from 640 to 10,320. What percent of increase does this represent?
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Question 889809: A jacket usually sells for $58.00. If the jacket is 30% off, and sales tax is 7%, what is the total price of the jacket, including tax?
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Question 889896: A man buy a car at 15/16th of its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain percentage is?
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Question 889992: if the perimeter of a rhombus is 260 c.ms and one of its diagonals is 66 c.ms , then find the other diagonal
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Question 890136: A fruit seller sold 25% of his oranges on Monday, 20% of the remainder on Tuesday. He had 156 oranges left. How many oranges did he had at first? How many oranges did he sell altogether?
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Question 890228: Given:
Sources of Funding to Public Colleges
- Government = 62%
- Dormitory Fees = 17%
- Tuition = 10%
- Other = 8%
- Endowments = 3%
Q: If the total amount of tuition were tripled and the amounts of all public colleges remained unchanged, what percent of the total funding would be from tuition?
PS: I thought it was 30% at first but then I thought it was actually...
10% + 90%=100%
30% + 90%=120%
20%/120%= x/100% and x = 25% ?????? Please help ...
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Question 890397: We loaded 33 3/3% of the boxes. That left 48 boxes. How many boxes were there originally?

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Question 890613: what is the cost of a $150 pair of shoes with a 7% sales tax?
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Question 890798: Find the number of ways for writing the word 'MISSISIPI' so that
1)all S's come together and no 2 I's come together.
2)all S's come together and all I's do not come together
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Question 890814: Hello! I am using the site khan academy, and well since it is summer i cant ask or email/call a teacher to get help. I am having issues with getting the price after tax. This is the question,
(Kevin, buys a basket of kiwi fruit for $17 before tax. Tax is 19%, how much is the kiwi fruit after tax.)
So, basically what my question is, is what do you have to multiply,add, subtrat, or divide to get this answer! please help!!!!
Thanks!,
Calli engelmann
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Question 891147: if 10 men and 15 women together can do a work in 6 days , 12 men and 27 women do the same work in 4 days , then find in how many days can 6 men and 11 women do the same work
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Question 891317: Dear sir/madam
Please help me with the following question:
The price of oil is increased by 25%.But the family can increase the expenditure of oil by 15 % only.By what % should the family reduce the consumption of oil?
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Question 891451: 40%of the population if a town are men and 39%are women if the number of children is 12600find the no of men
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Question 891664: Explain this statement: "Please be informed that upon further consideration, staff salaries shall be increased by a further 18% effective 1st August 2014, making a total increase of 30%".
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Question 891974: What percent of 17500 is 5175
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Question 892127:

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Question 892127:

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Question 892196: Hello-
I don't know why this is throwing me, but I am not getting the answer that is on the key of an assignment.
How do you write .2% as a fraction? and why?
Thanks in advance.
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Question 892305: 65% of 7+35% of 3 = ?% of 56 how to solve this
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Question 892394: how much is 40% off 3,440?
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Question 892423: Hello there,I have a question What is 15% tooken away from an item that is originally $300?
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Question 892489: If the rate of sales tax is increased by 2%, the selling price of an article goes up by 140. Find the marked price of the article.
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Question 892489: If the rate of sales tax is increased by 2%, the selling price of an article goes up by 140. Find the marked price of the article.
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