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Question 1210417: A can of light peaches contains 30% fewer calories than peaches packed in heavy syrup. If one serving of light peaches contains 60 calories, how many calories per serving of peaches packed in heavy syrup? Round to the nearest whole number.
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Question 1172902: In a class of 50 students 24 like football 21 basketball and cricket six like football and basketball 3 like basketball only, five like all three games, and 14 did not like any of the three games.
1.illustrate this information of Venn diagram
2. Find the number of students who like
A. Football and cricket
B. Exactly one of the game
C. Exactly two of the game.
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Question 1172902: In a class of 50 students 24 like football 21 basketball and cricket six like football and basketball 3 like basketball only, five like all three games, and 14 did not like any of the three games.
1.illustrate this information of Venn diagram
2. Find the number of students who like
A. Football and cricket
B. Exactly one of the game
C. Exactly two of the game.
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Question 1209606: A ship traveling a straight course sights a lighthouse at an angle of A=21.3 deg as shown in Fig. 340. After traveling another B=2.26 mi, the lighthouse is at an angle of C=45.9 deg. Determine x and y. Not sure how i should submit the picture however.
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Question 1209606: A ship traveling a straight course sights a lighthouse at an angle of A=21.3 deg as shown in Fig. 340. After traveling another B=2.26 mi, the lighthouse is at an angle of C=45.9 deg. Determine x and y. Not sure how i should submit the picture however.
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Question 1209085: Three runners, Dirk, Edith, and Foley all start at the same time for a 24 km race, and each of them runs at a constant speed. When Dirk finishes the race, Edith is 10 km behind, and Foley is 8 km behind. When Edith finishes the race, how far behind is Foley, in km?
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Question 1209086: Five workers have been hired to complete a job. If one additional worker is hired, they could complete the job 6 days earlier. If the job needs to be completed 32 days earlier, how many additional workers should be hired?
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Question 1208723: Ruth has a beaker containing a solution of $800$ mL of acid and $200$ mL of water. She thinks the solution is a little strong, so she drains $300$ mL from the beaker, adds $300$ mL of water, and stirs the solution. Ruth thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $400$ mL from the beaker, and adds $400$ mL of water. Ruth again thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $100$ mL from the beaker, and adds $100$ mL of water. How many mL of water are now in the beaker?
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Question 1208723: Ruth has a beaker containing a solution of $800$ mL of acid and $200$ mL of water. She thinks the solution is a little strong, so she drains $300$ mL from the beaker, adds $300$ mL of water, and stirs the solution. Ruth thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $400$ mL from the beaker, and adds $400$ mL of water. Ruth again thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $100$ mL from the beaker, and adds $100$ mL of water. How many mL of water are now in the beaker?
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Question 1208723: Ruth has a beaker containing a solution of $800$ mL of acid and $200$ mL of water. She thinks the solution is a little strong, so she drains $300$ mL from the beaker, adds $300$ mL of water, and stirs the solution. Ruth thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $400$ mL from the beaker, and adds $400$ mL of water. Ruth again thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $100$ mL from the beaker, and adds $100$ mL of water. How many mL of water are now in the beaker?
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Question 1208723: Ruth has a beaker containing a solution of $800$ mL of acid and $200$ mL of water. She thinks the solution is a little strong, so she drains $300$ mL from the beaker, adds $300$ mL of water, and stirs the solution. Ruth thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $400$ mL from the beaker, and adds $400$ mL of water. Ruth again thinks the solution is still too strong, so again she drains $100$ mL from the beaker, and adds $100$ mL of water. How many mL of water are now in the beaker?
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Question 1208740: Five workers have been hired to complete a job. If one additional worker is hired, they could complete the job 10 days earlier. If the job needs to be completed 32 days earlier, how many additional workers should be hired?
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Question 1208722: A plane flies from Penthaven to Jackson and then back to Penthaven. When there is no wind, the round trip takes $5$ hours and $20$ minutes, but when there is a wind blowing from Penthaven to Jackson at $70$ miles per hour, the trip takes $9$ hours. How many miles is the distance from Penthaven to Jackson?
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Question 1208722: A plane flies from Penthaven to Jackson and then back to Penthaven. When there is no wind, the round trip takes $5$ hours and $20$ minutes, but when there is a wind blowing from Penthaven to Jackson at $70$ miles per hour, the trip takes $9$ hours. How many miles is the distance from Penthaven to Jackson?
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Question 1207797: A tank is filled with 360 liters of water. A hole at the bottom of the tank allows the water to drain at a constant rate of 0.2 liters per second. How many minutes will it take to completely empty the tank?
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Question 1207765: Mitch made two 10-inch pizzas using a recipe that calls for 3 cups
of flour and 3/4 cup of water. Mitch wants to make more pizzas
without changing the ratio of flour to water.
Complete the sentence about the ingredients Mitch needs to make
eight 10-inch pizzas. Enter a number that makes the sentence
true.
To make eight 10-inch pizzas, Mitch uses 12 cups of flour and
__?__ cups of water.
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Question 1207033: Patricia is making cookies and has a gallon of milk for a recipe. Each batch of 36 cookies takes 1 cup of milk. What is the maximum number of cookies Patricia can make? (Assume that only a full batch of cookies can be made. No partial batches!)
1 gallon = 128 ounces
1 cup = 8 ounces
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Question 614764: A car begins a trip with 12 gallons of gasoline in the tank and ended with 7 1/2 gallons. The car traveled 17.3 miles for each gallon of gasoline. During the trip gasoline was bought for $10.00, at a cost of $1.25 per gallon. The total number of miles traveled during the trip was most nearly
A)79
B)196
C)216
D)229
E)236
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Question 614764: A car begins a trip with 12 gallons of gasoline in the tank and ended with 7 1/2 gallons. The car traveled 17.3 miles for each gallon of gasoline. During the trip gasoline was bought for $10.00, at a cost of $1.25 per gallon. The total number of miles traveled during the trip was most nearly
A)79
B)196
C)216
D)229
E)236
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