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Question 973194: 20 customers came in the store today and only 10 of them made a purchased what percentage of the customers made a purchase today?
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Question 973138: compute the total commission on sales of $75,000 if the commission rates are 2% on the first $40,000, 3% on the next $25,000, and 4% on anything above $65,000.
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Question 973417: Question:
For James to get a first class degree he needs to get an average of 80% in all 9 of his assessments. He has taken 8 assessments and his average is 78%. What is the minimum percentage he must get in his last assessment to ensure he gets a first class?
What procedure needs to be followed when answering this question?
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Question 973820: If a worker has completed 5/8 of a job, what percent of the job remains to be completed?
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Question 973820: If a worker has completed 5/8 of a job, what percent of the job remains to be completed?
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Question 974254: Sue receives 30 percent off a short that cost $70 how much money is she saving
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Question 974467: a class has two section, which contain 20 and 30 students. The pass percentage of these sections are 80% and 60%respectively. The pass percentage of whole class is.

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Question 974515: A department store has a blue blazer on sale for $114, which is 60% of the original price. What is the difference between the original price and sales price ?

My work:
I divided 60 over 100 to get the decimal point, which came out to be 0.6. I then took the $114 and divided it by 0.6 to get the original price of 190. I then subtracted $190-$114 to get $76 to be my answer.
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Question 974598: a jeweler prices his items 60% over their wholesale price.if a watch sales for 152 what is its wholesale?
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Question 974716: The value of Deanna's cell phone went from $200to $525. What was the percent increase?
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Question 974716: The value of Deanna's cell phone went from $200to $525. What was the percent increase?
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Question 357178: a total of 1,200 students attended top view high school the ratio of teachers to students is 1:30.
i)how many teachers are there in the school?

two thifths of the students own personal computers
ii) how many students do not own personal computers?

thirty percent of the students who own personal computers also own play stations.
iii) what fractions of the students in the school own play stations?
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Question 975629: I loaned 5000.00 at 6% interest 9 years ago what's the balance?
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Question 975893: If the length and breadth of a rectangle is increased by 25 and 20 percent respectively,then percentage change in perimeter?
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Question 975966: I have something that is $700.00 & I need to pay 40% how do I figure it out
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Question 975991: Harry is buying a Blu-ray Disc player that is on sale for 15% off the original price. If the original price is $150 and the sales tax is 8.5%, how much will Harry pay for the player?

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Question 976074: what is 60% of $190
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Question 976191: Find the percentage of change from $120 to $135?
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Question 976473: An exercise machine with an original price of $860 is on sell at 24% off what is the discount amount
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Question 976634: bike cost $150 with 10% discount and 6% sale tax. how much is bike
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Question 976835: what percentage is remaining when you deduct 2 from 283
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Question 976994: A local furniture store is having a terrific sale. They are marking down every price to 45%. If the couch is $440 after the markdown, what was the original price? How much would you save if you bought it at this sale?
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Question 977071: how much will it cost? the cost is $82 and they mark it down 10%
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Question 975594: During the sale, the price of the used car was marked down 10 percent. If the sale price of the used car was $1800, what was the price of the used car originally?
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Question 977150: At 6%, I made $55,811. What would the other 94% be?
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Question 977287: find the profit of the books bought at GH₵ 35.00 and later sold to a woman at GH₵ 55.00
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Question 977395: if a refrigerator costs $880 wholesale, what is the selling price if the store marks it up by 15%?
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Question 977451: I have 6 bottles in a case how many of these bottles make up 66%
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Question 977481: a company earned $60,000 last year. The capital stock of the company consisted of 15,000 shares of 6% preferred stock with a par value of $45 per share and 60,000 shares of no-par common stock. A dividend on the entire earnings is declared. What amount would be paid per share to the common shareholdeR ?
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Question 977480: You sell 215 shares of a stock at $25 a share and paid $35 in commission. A dividend of $1.06 per share was paid this year. What was the rate of yield ?
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Question 977479: You are purchasing 170 shares of a stock at $40 a share. If commission is $0.20 a share and the odd-lot differential is $0.14, what is the total cost of the purchase ?
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Question 977530: A grocer bought a number of items for 1,440 pesos.Later the price increased at 2 pesos per item and as a result he received 24 fewer items for the same amount.How many items were in his first purchase and what was the cost per item?
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Question 977989: If Rabias average rose from 62 to 82 by what percent did her average increase?
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Question 978384: what will my pay be if i make 12.50 per hour and get a 3 percent raise?
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Question 978482: 40% of 420 equals 60% of X.what is X?

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Question 978482: 40% of 420 equals 60% of X.what is X?

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Question 978741: If the price is $400 after a 30 percent discount, how much was the original cost before the discount?
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Question 978750: The present ages of A and B are as 6:4.Five years ago their ages were in the ratio 5:3.find their presend ages.?
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Question 978861: 1%off 450.00

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Question 978877: 40% of 420 equals 60% ofX.What is X?
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Question 979071: last year nasir sold a painting for 2000 .if he had made 25% on the sale.how many much had he paid for the painting?

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Question 979094: What percent of 145.3 is 132.7?
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Question 979094: What percent of 145.3 is 132.7?
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Question 979095: Find the percentage change. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent if necessary and state whether the change is an increase or a decrease:
From 83 minutes to 64 minutes.
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Question 979051: If $264 is 80% percent of my total monthly household income , how much would it originally be ?
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