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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 1209747: A ladder leans against a vertical wall if the height of the wall is 12m calculate the length of the ladder
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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 1209464: If x-3 is directly proportional to the square of y and x =5 when y=2,
What is x when y=6

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Question 1209464: If x-3 is directly proportional to the square of y and x =5 when y=2,
What is x when y=6

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Question 1209463: If x-3 is directly proportional to the square of y and x= 5 when y = 2 when x when y= 6
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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 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 1208771: The weight of 66 eggs is shown. Identify the constant of proportionality of total weight to number of eggs.
The weight of 6 eggs is 258 g.

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Question 1208771: The weight of 66 eggs is shown. Identify the constant of proportionality of total weight to number of eggs.
The weight of 6 eggs is 258 g.

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Question 1208771: The weight of 66 eggs is shown. Identify the constant of proportionality of total weight to number of eggs.
The weight of 6 eggs is 258 g.

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Question 1208771: The weight of 66 eggs is shown. Identify the constant of proportionality of total weight to number of eggs.
The weight of 6 eggs is 258 g.

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Question 1208771: The weight of 66 eggs is shown. Identify the constant of proportionality of total weight to number of eggs.
The weight of 6 eggs is 258 g.

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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 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 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 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 1208277: What is the unit rate of 524 cars over 4 weeks? I'm confused.
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Question 1208277: What is the unit rate of 524 cars over 4 weeks? I'm confused.
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Question 1208049: the scale of a detailed map is 1:2000. find the actual area, in square meters for 1 cm squared

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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 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 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 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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Question 1206961: Find the missing terms
x:y:7=6:8:20

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Question 1099257: Three no are in continued proportion .if mean proportional is 12 and sum of other two is 26 then find the no
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Question 1099257: Three no are in continued proportion .if mean proportional is 12 and sum of other two is 26 then find the no
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Question 1206294: a bag contains 6 red marbles 9 blue marbles and 5green marbles. you randomly select one marble from the bag what is the probability that the marble is red?
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Question 1206294: a bag contains 6 red marbles 9 blue marbles and 5green marbles. you randomly select one marble from the bag what is the probability that the marble is red?
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Question 1206066: As a nurse, part of your daily duties is to mix medications in the proper proportions for your patients. For one of your regular patients, you always mix Medication A with Medication B in the same proportion. Last week, your patient's doctor indicated that you should mix 100 milligrams of Medication A with 150 milligrams of Medication B. However this week, the doctor said to only use 75 milligrams of Medication B. How many milligrams of Medication A should be mixed this week?
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Question 1206013: beatriz built a model of a tower using 600 bricks stacked vertically that are each 0.25 inch tall. The actual tower is 200 feet tall. What is the scale of her model?
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Question 1205953: Consider the following data.
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Men 38 48 71
Women 6 49 30
Create the conditional data distribution in each of the groups given that the person was male. (Round your answers to the nearest integer.)
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Total


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