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Question 364369: Solve each proportion. Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
12/n=60/50 =n=__
63.7/x=7/9.2 = x=____
33/5=m/80 = m=_____
6201/477=1378/w = w=_____
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Question 363422: A floodlight at ground level 6 feet from a bush 4 feet tall casts a shadow of the bush on a building that is 24 feet from the bush. What is the height of the shadow?
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Question 364840: 2/3=x/6 ?
x/2=16/6 ?
x/10=5/9 ?
9/4x=6/2 ?
4x/6=7/2 ?
a/5=3/2 ?
x-3/x=4/7 ?
y/y-16=5/3 ?
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Question 364913: Dave and Cindy played 53 games of backgammon last month. Dave's ratio of wins to losses was 37/16.
If Dave and Cindy play 10 more games, write a proportion to determine how many of these 10 games dave could expect to win.
Determine how many more games Dave and Cindy must play before Cindy will have won a total of 28 games.
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Question 365477: You invest $1500 for three years. Find the amount of simple interest you earn at an annual rate of 8.25%.
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Question 365506: express each rate as a unit rate.
question? how do you work Problem? 100 meters in 12 seconds
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Question 365669: there are about 2.2 pound in a kilogram, how many kilograms will it take to get 22 pounds? My mom thinks its 44 but i dont so i need the answer to prove her wrong or to tell her im sorry for arguing with her.
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Question 366311: A five foot tall tree casts an 8 foot shadow on the ground. How far is it from the end of the shadow to the top of the tree?
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Question 366350: 5:200 as x : 40 x=
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Question 366357: 5 is to 200 as x is to 40

x:30 as 4:10 x=

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Question 366360: 5 is to 200 as x is to 40
0.05:x as 0.15:30 x=
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Question 366353: 5 is to 200 as x is to 40
1/2: 2 as 1/4:x x=
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Question 366663: (word problem) Jack and Joe leave their homes at the same time and drive toward each other. Jack drives at 60mph, while Joe drives at 30mph. They pass each other in 10 minutes. How far apart were Jack and Joe when they started?
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Question 367137: I need help figuring out how to do a double division proportion. I know how to do if only one "fraction/division", but not double.
ex. 2/5=12/n

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Question 368181: 5.6/x=2/5
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Question 368225: on a elyptical machine you accomplish 1200 rotations in 25 minutes how many miles have you done?
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Question 368403: determine whether the two pairs of numbers are proportional
7,5 and 6,4
4.5,3.8 and 6.7,5.2 what does proportional mean?

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Question 368559: The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 4 to 7. How many employees does the company have if there are 28 male employees?

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Question 368775: -6/x=-15/17.5
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Question 369079: HI,
A fellow teacher asked me today about double colons in a proportion question.
would 9:3::49:___ be made into a standard fraction and solved, with the answer being 16.3333333?

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Question 369478: In the figure at the right(A line segment)(X,Y,Z) X:Y=2:3 and Y:Z=3:5. If x=10,find the value of z.
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Question 369723: if 2 meters of fabric costs #3.45, what should 7 meters cost?
a 16 ounce box of laundry detergent costs $2.49, how many ounces should be in a box marked $1.15?
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Question 369750: 72 is what percent of 160?
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Question 369941: Find the ratio of x to y:
z/-6=x+y/x-y
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Question 370143: An airplane took 3hrs to fly 1800 miles against a headwind. The return trip with the wind took 2 hours. Find the speed of the plane in still air and the speed of the wind.
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Question 370484: cost of manufacturing 1,000 camera phones was $36,600. Of the phones made 24 did not pass inpection. What is the cost per phone of the phones that didnt pass inspections.
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Question 370489: I a saleswoman is working on a 6% commission basis. If she wants to make $2,400 in one month how much must she sell?

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Question 370448: The ratio of the measures of three sides of a triangle are 9:8:7, and its perimeter is 144. What is the measure of each of the 3 sides of the triangle?
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Question 371025: Terry's restaurant offers a 7-1/2 % discount for senior citizens. If a group of seniors paid $52.18 for lunch after the discount, what would thy have paid without the discount?
( I need to use a proportion to solve this)
Please help me , it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank You.
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Question 371119: lisa is painting a fence that is 26 feet long and 7 feet tall. A gallon of paint will cover 350 square feet. Write and solve a proportion to determine how many gallons of paint lisa will need.
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Question 371182: How can I simplify x+1/4= x+3/3 without using cross multiplication?

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Question 371652: on a sketch of a mural, 3 inches represent one foot in the mural. A door in the sketch is 2 inches wide by 5 inches high. What is the perimeter of the door in the mural expressed in inches? Show your work.
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Question 372048: juan earnes a 5.5% commission on his byciclye sales. in september he earned $214.28 in commisions. what were his sales for the month?
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Question 372203: A healthy diet follows the ratio for meat to vegetables of 2.5 servings to 4 servings. It you eat 7 servings of meat a week, how many servings of vegetables should you eat?
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Question 372209: It has been found that the distance from a person eye to the end of the fingers of his out stretched hand is proportional to the distance between his eyes at a 10:1 ratio. If the distance between you eyes is 2.3 inches, what should the distance from your eye to your out stretced finger be?
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Question 372265: If p is 64% of q, then q is what percent of p?
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Question 372475: a meterstick is cut into two parts forming the ratio9:16.How long is each part?

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Question 373120: Your piggy bank contains $19.75 in dimes and quarters. There are 100 coins in all. How many dimes are there?

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Question 373165: The ratio of men to women at a party was 5:4 if 72 were women how many men were there
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Question 373443: formula for 1 molecule of sugar is C12 H22 O11 is 4 molecules of sugar C48 H88 O44?
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Question 373869: can you send me some work sheets .

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Question 373898: if a leaky faucet drips one ounce of water per minute, approimiately how many gallons per day would that be?

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Question 373898: if a leaky faucet drips one ounce of water per minute, approimiately how many gallons per day would that be?

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Question 374095: Maria earns $603.75 for 35 hours of work. What is her rate of pay per hour.
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