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Question 892541: 15% tax on $125.00?
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Question 892574: The problem is increased by 150 percent the number 72 becomes...
I've tried this problem a gizzilion ways but none add up to the answer and now I'm really confused please help
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Question 892507: A man purchased an electronic calculator by paying 945 which includes a rebate of 10% on the marked price and a sales tax of 5%. Find the marked price of the calculator.
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Question 892797: What was the original price of an MP3 player that is advertised as on sale for 25% off and the sale price is $60?

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Question 893044: I saw similar problems (Stanbon (64282))on the site and when I followed the steps being used I did not come close to what was expected for an answer. could someone explain what I did wrong so that I can do the other problems based on your guidance.
Find the effective rate corresponding to nominal rate 6% I year compounded monthly. Round the answers to the nearest hundredth of percent.
A) 6.538%
B) 5.858%
C) 6.598%
D) 6.168%

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Question 893239: if the price of petrol decreased from R3.49 per litre to R3.43163 per litre, find the percentage decrease
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Question 893237: 30 is increased by what part of itself gives 62?
*I'm not sure if this problem is under "percentage & pie charts" idk..i just need help on this.. Thank you!*
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Question 893535: Suppose that Jack scored 57 for his Chemistry test, which equates to 75%. How many marks were actually available in the Chemistry test? (Type the numerical value of your answer only)
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Question 893555: Suppose that it take 90 minutes to drive from Fremantle to York, Western Australia at an average speed of 75 km/h. How long in minutes, will it take if one drives at an average speed of 93 km/h? (State the exact numerical answer only.)
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Question 893702: Sales = $495. Cost = $300. Express the profit as a percentage of sales
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Question 715082: If $33,500 is invested at 6.1% for 30 years, find the future value if the interest is compounded the following ways. (Round your answers to the nearest cent.)
annually-
semiannually-
quarterly-
monthly-
daily-
every minute (N = 525,600)-
continuously-
simple (not compounded)-
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Question 893865: Elena's daughter sold 18 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. She was told that this amount represented 20% of the troop's sale.
How many boxes did the troop sell

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Question 893966: What is 25% of 240 I know the answer is 60
but my work does'nt come out right. Is this correct I need to show work the long way
25/X x 240/100 = 25x/24000 please show all work...Thank you...i'm not sure
Where I went wrong. Please show me step by step. Thank you.
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Question 893931: A tv cost $600, a week later it was $646. What is the percentage that the tv increased?

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Question 894073: Test 1 is worth 55%
Test 2 is worth 35%
Participation is worth 10%
I received 85% on test 1. What do I need to get on test 2 in order to bring the overall % to above 90
Thank you
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Question 894342: The selling price of an article is $260 and it`s cost price is $160.What profit will a dealer make if he sells the article at a discount of 15%
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Question 895232: A customer orders 60,000 car batteries. If experience has shown that 7% of the batteries produced will be defective, how many batteries must be produced to ensure production of 60,000 good batteries?
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Question 895259: Find the percent change from 24 to 72. Tell whether it is a percent increase or decrease. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest percent.
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Question 895697: if a menu item is sold for $.25 but it cost $.85 to make, what is the food cost percent?
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Question 895697: if a menu item is sold for $.25 but it cost $.85 to make, what is the food cost percent?
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Question 895952: There are 28 students in a math class, 16 of which are male. What percent of the class is male? What percent of the class is female ?
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Question 895947: Question #1
A desk is on sale for
$731
, which is
15%
less than the regular price.
What is the regular price?

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Question 896009: 126 is what percent of 90

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Question 896030: RAHUL HAVE 1% SUGAR SOLUTION. HE LEFT IT ON THE ROOF AND IT BECAME 2% SOLUTION. WHAT PERCENT OF SOLUTION HAS EVAPORATED?
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Question 896038: IN AN ELECTION BETWEEN A AND B 360 PEOPLE VOTED, A WON. NEXT YEAR B INCREASED HIS VOTES BY 37.5% AND WON BY DOUBLE THE MAJORITY OF A. HOW MANY VOTES B GOT IN FIRST ELECTION ?
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Question 896131: I want to get the percentage, on a pie chart of the following numbers:
$8,690,372
$165,000
$420,000

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Question 896222: Deon purchased a house and sold it for a 24% profit. If he sold the house for $260,400 what was the original purchase price?
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Question 896445: IN AN ELECTION BETWEEN A AND B 360 PEOPLE VOTED, A WON. NEXT YEAR B INCREASED HIS VOTES BY 37.5% AND WON BY DOUBLE THE MAJORITY OF A. HOW MANY VOTES B GOT IN FIRST ELECTION?
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Question 896634: A book is marked 15%off and the sale price is $33.15.What was the original price?
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Question 896948: After a reduction of 75% you purchase a dryer on sale for $135. What was the original price?
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Question 897017: a DVD payer originally costs $150. it is in sale for %72.50. what is the percent of the discount?
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Question 897292: a student has an 87.31% in Chemistry. The finale exam is 30% of the final grade. What percentage will the student need on the final exam to get a 90% in the class?
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Question 897354: A STUDENT WAS ASKED TO DIVIDE 7.5 BY 8.3 AND TO OBTAIN THE QUOTIENT CORRECT TO THREE DECIMAL PLACES, BUT HE DIVIDED 8.3 BY 7.5 AND GOT THE RESULT CORRECT 2 DECIMAL PLACES. BY HOW MUCH PERCENT WAS HIS RESULT WRONG?
PLEASE PROVIDE THE SOLUTION....ANSWER IS 22.8%...
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Question 897426: What is 1 3/5*4 1/2=?
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Question 897661: 5.35% of what number is 70
a)100
b)110
c)150
d)175
e)200
i tried 5.35/100 x 100 it got me 5.35 and pretty much i got decimals for the other answers too.. im confused on how to solve this
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Question 897755: a television set is priced at 7000 a discount of 15percent is giving during a sale calculate the discount an the amount a customer pays for the televison set

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Question 897747: how to calculate a percentage of one number to another.
For example, if the number of cars buyers in Texas is 8912, and the number cars buyers in Alabama is 11977. what is the change in percentage between those two states?
Thanks
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Question 897832: if a number x is 10% less than another number y and y is 10% more than 125, then x is equal to ----?
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Question 898197: 1. a grocer purchased 80 kg of sugar at Rs.13.50 per kg and mixed it with 120 kg sugar at rs. 16 per kg. At what rate should he sell the mixture (per kg) to gain 16%?
2. A book was sold for rs.27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs.25.75 , then what would have been the percentage of profit or loss?
3. If SP of an article is 4/3 of its CP, then the profit in the transaction is ---------?

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Question 897488: if 12.5% of a sum of money is $4o, what is the total sum of money
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Question 898322: A book was sold for rs.27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs.25.75 , then what would have been the percentage of profit or loss?
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Question 898570: If you have 20 m&m's and 5 are blue, 5 are orange, 3 are red, 3 are yellow, 3 are green, and 1 is brown. What is the percent of red?
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Question 899065: when the price of a product was decreased by 10% the sold increased by 30% what was the increase on the total revenue
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Question 899424: In a class, 80 students passed and the rest failed. If 80% of the students failed, find the number of students in the class. Please write down your solution.
Two candidates A and B ran in an election. A got 46% of the valid votes and was defeated by 1,600 votes. Find the total number of valid votes cast in the election.
My income was increased by 10% and later decreased by 10%. What was the total change in percent in my income.
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