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Question 576279: If you have a scale that says 1 1/2 inches equals 12 inches, then what does 7/16 equal on this scale? I keep coming up to 3.5 inches, but I want to confirm that is correct....Please help.
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Question 577120: x/4 = 2/10
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Question 577151: 26 is 60% of what number?
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Question 577141: The figures are both regular octagons.
The smaller one has a side length of 4 and the larger one has a side length of 9.
What is the ratio of the perimeter of the smaller figure to the perimeter of the larger figure?

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Question 577382: How do you solve this: 0.7(15)-x=0.6(15-x)
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Question 577918: Solve the problem as directed. Use proportions to find the solution.
The gravitational attraction between two masses varies inversely as the square of the distance between them. If the attraction force between them is 75 lbs. when the bodies are eight feet apart, find the attraction when the masses are twelve feet apart.

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Question 577918: Solve the problem as directed. Use proportions to find the solution.
The gravitational attraction between two masses varies inversely as the square of the distance between them. If the attraction force between them is 75 lbs. when the bodies are eight feet apart, find the attraction when the masses are twelve feet apart.

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Question 578153: Jim bought two shirts that were originally marked at $40
each. One shirt was discounted 20% and the other was
discounted 25%. The sales tax was 4.5%. How much did
he spend in all?

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Question 578681: A sum of money is divided among three people, X, Y and Z, in the ratio 5:3:1. If Y gets Shillings 700 more than Z, calculate how much X gets ?
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Question 578870: I'm doing proportions with fractions well at least that's what the lessons called and I need help understanding it
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Question 574059: solve each proportion
1. n/6= 25/30
2. 6.1/x= 2/3
3. 100/25= t/4
I need help ASAP!
Help!

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Question 579462: please help me solve this question:
If 13 out of 30 students failed a math test. What is the number of ratio that PASSED?

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Question 579467: If a team won 72percent72percent of their games. What is the ratio of games won to number of games lost?
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Question 579467: If a team won 72percent72percent of their games. What is the ratio of games won to number of games lost?
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Question 579466: A model is made of a car. The car is 9 feet long and the model is 10 inches long. What is the ratio of the length of the car to the length of the model?
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Question 580107: If the ratio of A:B is 2:5 and the ratio of B:C is 3:4, then what is the ratio A:C?
Please explain how to solve these type of questions.
Thanks.

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Question 580099: A group of 10 men can do a job in 50 days. They start the work together, but after x days, 2 men leave the work. The remaining people finish the remaining job in 25 days. What is the value of x ?
Thanks.

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Question 580441: I need help with this word problem: The scale drawing of a rectangular park uses a scale of 1 centimeter= 74 meters. The drawing is 11 centimeters by 18 centimeters. What are the actual dimensions of the park?
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Question 580923: please help me solve 4/7=n/12
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Question 581766:

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Question 580556: The ratio of the price of coffee A to coffee B is 2:3. During a certain month, a store sells coffee A and coffee B in the ratio of 4:5. If the total revenue from the sale of these two coffees is $27,600, how much of the revenue was from the sale of coffee A?
Please explain.
Thanks.

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Question 581812: Translate the following statement into an equation. Seven less then twice a number is 4 more than the number
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Question 582421: a is directly proportional to b and inversely proportional to the square of c. if a=7 when b=9 and c=6, find a when b=4 and c=8
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Question 582452: Please help me to solve this question =/
The sum of Ken's LDL and HDL cholesterol is 210, and his LDL to HDL ratio is 2.75. What are his LDL and HDL?

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Question 582573: There are 4 girls for every 3 boys on band. If there are
120 girls in band, how many total boys are there ?
I have the anwser just need help

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Question 582573: There are 4 girls for every 3 boys on band. If there are
120 girls in band, how many total boys are there ?
I have the anwser just need help

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Question 584475: What is percent form of 4/5
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Question 584885: A basketball player is about 7 ft tall. A 2nd grader is about 3.5 ft. tall. Why is the basketball player more than twice the weight of the 2nd grader?
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Question 584979: If (2x-y)/y = 5/3, then find the ratio of x : y .
PLEASE HELP!

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Question 584982: A 60 foot rope is cut into three parts in the ratio of 3:4:5. Find the longest piece.
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Question 585034: Ann bought 30 pens at RS 4.50 each. If she had used this amount of money to buy pencils at 3 for RS 5, how many pencils could she have bought?
I have solved this question, the answer is 81 but I have to explain to the 5th grade student. What is the easiest way to explain?
Thanks.

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Question 585022: A fraction has a reduced ratio of 2:5. When 5 is added to both the numerator and the denominator, the new reduced ratio is 1:2. Find the original fraction.
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Question 586513: a car travels 220 mi. in 4 h.
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Question 586893: 28 miles on 1 gallon of gasoline
350 miles on y gallons of gasoline
please help me find the varible

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Question 587091: use the porportion x over z = 6 over 5. complete each statment x+z over z

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Question 589329: a bottle of soap cost $3.45 for 64 ounces what is the cost per ounce
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Question 589916: The gross federal debt y (in trillions of dollars) for a certain country in year x is approximated by the following equation, where x is the number of years after 2000. Y=0.4x+5.17 In what year will the federal debt be $6.37 trillions?
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Question 590360: how do I work this problem x-8 over 5 is equal to 2 over 4
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Question 590823: how many pounds are in 1 1/4 tons
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Question 590823: how many pounds are in 1 1/4 tons
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Question 591451: A package of eight candies costs $12.96
Write a proportion that can be used to determine the cost of a package of 3 candies.
Solve your proportion to determine the cost of a package of 3 candies.

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Question 591616: julga,vuyani and khusela are sharing an amount of R176 in the ratio 4:5:7 .calculate how much money each of them wil receive.
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Question 591795: r u ugly? obviously im the only one in the world who is hot.
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Question 592221: The Empire State Building reaches feet at the top floor. Keira has a model of this landmark building that is 8 inches tall. What is the scale between the model and the actual building?
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Question 593780: Please help me solve this questions.=)
QUESTION 1
Let p1 denote the proportion of people who were unemployed in March, and let p2 denote the proportion of people who were unemployed in April. Suppose that during late March, the government instituted policies designed to lower the unemployment rate. We want to test whether the policies were effective. In March, in a random sample of 1200 people, 75 were unemployed. During April, in an independent random sample of 1100 people, 65 were unemployed. Carry out the appropriate hypothesis test using a 3.5% level of significance.
QUSTION 2
Susan is a sales manager of a fast food company with 100 branches. The company’s sales target for each branch in March is at least RM 500 (in thousands). From a sample of 36 branches, the average sale in March is RM 485 (in thousands) with standard deviation of RM 32.4 (in thousands).
a. Can Susan infer that the company’s sales target has been met for March at 5% significance level?
b. Susan and her team introduced a new sales strategy in April to increase the sales in each branch. The total expenses of new strategy for each branch are RM 20 (in thousands). From a new sample of 21 branches, the average sale in April is RM 514 (in thousands) with standard deviation of RM 12.1 (in thousands). Is there enough evidence to say that the new strategy introduced in April is effective and profitable to the company at 5% significance level?
c. Based on the results in (b), what type of error could possibly occur? Explain the effect of this error to the fast food company.
QUESTION 3
For a certain year a study reports that the percentage of college students using credit cards was 83%. A college dean of student services feels that this is too high for her university, so she randomly selects 50 students and finds that 40 of them use credit cards. At α = 0.04, is she correct about her university?
QUESTION 4
A magazine article stated that the average age of women who are getting married for the first time is at most 26 years. A researcher decided to test this hypothesis at 2.5% significance level. She selected a sample of 25 women who were recently married for the first time and found the average was 25.1 years. The standard deviation was 3 years. Is the claim true?
QUESTION 5
A composition teacher wishes to see whether a new grammar program will reduce the number of grammatical errors her students make when writing a two-page essay. The data are shown here. At α = 0.01, can it be concluded that the number of errors has been reduced?
Errors before
12 9 0 5 4 3
Errors after
9 6 1 3 2 3
thank you,=)

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