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Question 420764: If a dog is given 3 L of IV fluid, how many mLs is it given?
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Question 420764: If a dog is given 3 L of IV fluid, how many mLs is it given?
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Question 420790: how do I figure out what % 9 is of 24
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Question 421477: A watch after every 12 hours goes fast by three minutes. How many, minutes will it go fast in 14 days?
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Question 421479: 120 men can do a work in 90 days.How many more men are required to complete the work in 40 days?
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Question 421478: The height of a tower is 20 meters and the length of its shadow is 25 meters. What will be the height of the tower if its shadow is 75 meters at same time.
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Question 422037: The sum of four numbers is 771. The ratio of the first number to the second number is 2:3. The ratio of the second number to the third number is 5:4. The ratio of the third number to the fourth number is 5:6. What is the second number?
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Question 422102: 1/12 + 2 /3 + 4/9=
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Question 422099: 20 : x :: 30 : 600
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Question 422098: 2: x :: 10: 20
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Question 422124: 1/4 into decimal and percent
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Question 422125: 1/8 into a decimal and percent
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Question 422281: I'm trying to solve when a man knows he has lost 12.4 percent of his weight, and now weighs 249.6. What was his starting weight?
I was thinking something like
12.4 249.6
_____ = _____
100 x
Can't recall how to do this.
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Question 422745: I need help with the following question:
Abackdrop for a theatre screen is 30m2. About how many square yards is the backdrop?
(1m=1.2sq. yards)
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Question 422801: 15 labourers working 9 hours daily can reap the field in 8 days. find how many workers are required to reap such 5 fields working 12 hours daily in 15 days?
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Question 422797: 4 masons can build a 12 metres long wall in 4 days.find how many masons are required to build the 27 metres long wall in 3 days?
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Question 422875: if 4 sweaters cost $51.04, how much would 6 sweaters cost?

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Question 422875: if 4 sweaters cost $51.04, how much would 6 sweaters cost?

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Question 423022: what kind of ratio forms a proportion with 6/9?

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Question 423907: A van travels 240 miles on 12 gallons of gas. Write and solve a proportion to find how many gallons the van needs to travel 420 miles.
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Question 423967: solve using long division, then check
(x^3-64)+(x-4)
once again I did do the problem but not sure if I did it right.
and I did do the check right.
answer was x^2+4x+16
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Question 423966: solve using long division. then check.
(-30+6y^3-28y+y^2)+(2y-5)
I tried it and think I got it, at least the check turned out.
just need to know if I showed my work correctly.
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Question 424816: 3/6 = 5x can you show me the operation on gettin answer? Tks
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Question 424816: 3/6 = 5x can you show me the operation on gettin answer? Tks
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Question 425966: how would I solve a proportion that looks like this
x+1/6=x-1/x

please help me. I dont know what Im doing.

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Question 426166: Find the missing number in the proportion: n/8 = 1/3

Thank you.
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Question 426586: HI I NEED HELP WITH A QUESTION I DON;T KNOW TO REACH THE CONCLSUION I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PROPORTIONS THE QUESTION IS
SOLVE THE X IN THE FOLLOWING 3:80::X:150.
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Question 426632: need answer but also trying to understand, add these
4x^2+4x+8
2x^2+x-7 suppose to add these 2 together
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Question 427367: An architecti's model of a new school has the ratio 1:28. If the model is 40 centimeters high, how many meters tall will the school be?
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Question 428122: wich of these is a correct proportion.
72:24=8:3
36:48=2:3
2:5=30:75
9:7=81:54
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Question 428972: I think this is proportions yet I am not so sure. 120 decreased by 40% is (__)
Also, 56 INCREASED by 75% is (__)
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Question 429265: If you can read 18 pages in 27 minutes, how long will it take you to read 24 pages
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Question 429487: 2x-1\7=3x\2
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Question 429690: what is 10,000 gallons of water/4 gallons of water=6 gallons of water/x teaspoons of acid equal to using a proportion
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Question 430043: A bookstore reduced the price of a book with 25%. After that the sale rose by 10%.
With how many percent rose the number of sold books?
isn't simply 10% ?
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Question 430146: 3k/5=k+6 what is the value of k
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Question 429680: write the following comparison as a ratio 22 nickles to 13 dimes
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Question 431699: find the value of x in each proportion
12:x=x:75

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Question 431992: find 33 1/3 % of 39

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Question 432201: 20:60 as x: 50
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Question 432649: How do you solve this proportions ?
a+1 over 2 = a - 1 over 9
3 over b = b over 9
and
5 over x = x - 1 over 3

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Question 432762: Sheila has to read 196 pages. It takes her 25 minutes to read 20 pages. How long will it take her to finish the book?
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Question 432925: WHAT IS 10% of20% of 250?
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Question 433249: What percent of 6y is 24 using a proportion ? I know it is already x/100=24/6y but how would you solve it?
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Question 433581: "How do you solve the following: 1 3/4 / 3 3/8 = 1/3 / x"

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