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Question 745543: 1, 16, 4, 4 Write a proportion using the following numbers.
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Question 745736: what everyday object is 6 feet long?
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Question 746235: please help me solve this question ; aliff bought some lollipops and gave half of them to bob. bob bought some chocolates and gave half of them to aliff. aliff ate 4 chocolates and bob ate 7 lollipops. after that the number of chocolates and lollipops, aliff had were in the the ratio 1:8.the number of chocolates and lollipops bob had were in the ratio 1:5. how many lollipops did aliff give to bob?
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Question 746486: isabel ran 9 miles with her friend kaylee last week. this was 60% of the distance she ran all week. how far did she run last week?
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Question 747680: Two inches of heavy, wet snow are equivalent to 1 inch of rain. Estimate the water content in 3 inches of heavy, wet snow.
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Question 747824: Hi, I can't understand the answer as explained in the link below.
http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.477023.html

Can you kindly help me?
Thanks,
Moazzam
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Question 748634: word problem:
There are 240 children in 5th grade, 1/3 are girls, what is the number of boys at school?
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Question 748632: word problem: In order to pass a test with 80% with 70 questions. What is the highest number of questions I can answer incorrectly?
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Question 749157: a map of the United States has a scale of 1 in.: 250 mi. The cities of Los Angeles, California, and Dallas, Texas are 5 3/4 inches apart on the map. Find the actual distance between these two cities.
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Question 749531: Alex had a 4 mile head start on Mika. How long will it take Mika to catch Alex if Alex traveled at 6 miles per hour and Mika traveled at 8 miles per hour?
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Question 749529:
Two trains were 332 miles apart and heading towards each other at 11 am. If the trains meet at 1 pm and one train was traveling 36 miles per hour faster than the other, then how fast was each train moving?
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Question 749529:
Two trains were 332 miles apart and heading towards each other at 11 am. If the trains meet at 1 pm and one train was traveling 36 miles per hour faster than the other, then how fast was each train moving?
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Question 749784: The ratio of AB: BC is 3:2. If AC=15 cm, find the length of AB
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Question 751049: An island has 12 fur seal rookeries (breeding places). To estimate the fur seal pup population in Rookery A, 6861 fur seal pups were tagged in early August. In late August, a sample of 600 pups was observed, and 219 of these were found to have been previously tagged. Use a proportion to estimate the total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A.
The estimated total number of fur seal pups in Rookery A is ____. (Round to the nearest whole number.)
Additional instructions: Set up a proportion, and then use the cross products principle of proportions. If a/b=c/d, then ad=bc. Be sure to round to the nearest whole number.
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Question 751177: Solve 3/5+m/24 I missed alot of school & idk how to do these problems
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Question 751177: Solve 3/5+m/24 I missed alot of school & idk how to do these problems
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Question 751760: If I need 60 ounces of mix and 3/10 cup of water, how much mix would I need to use with one cup of water?
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Question 752430: There are 240 customers. The ratio of men to women are 3:7
How many customers are male? Female?
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Question 753463: On a map, the distance between
two towns is 4 inches. The actual
distance between the towns is
380 miles. What is the scale of the
map?
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Question 753665: a:b = 5:7 , a:c = 3:14
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Question 753965: Hope was reading a fantasy novel. She read 54 pages in 3 hours. At this rate, how many pages can she read in 40 minutes?
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Question 754256: a/1.2 = 20/30
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Question 754256: a/1.2 = 20/30
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Question 754303: What should be added to (-7/20) to get (-2/5)?
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Question 754303: What should be added to (-7/20) to get (-2/5)?
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Question 754464: How do you find scale factor?
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Question 755399: I do not understand inverse and direct variation. how do i set it up?
If x=5 and y=2, then z=40. Find z when x=6 and y=4
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Question 755407: I do not understand inverse and direct variation.
How would i set this up?
suppose z varies directly as x and inversly as the square of y. If x=5 and y=2, then z=40. find z when x=6 and y=4
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Question 755646: 28 miles on 1 gallon of gasoline 350 miles on y gallons of gasoline?

what fraction would you use to find 66 2/3% of 72 mentally?
28.5 is what percent of 20?
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Question 756094: If y Varues Ubversely as x and y =132 when x = -18, find y when x= 50. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth,if necessary.
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Question 756122: how to find the value of x in any problem explain
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Question 756364: A^x + B^y = C^z, prove that when A, B and C are positive integers, and x, y and z are positive integers greater than 2 – A, B and C must have a common factor.
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Question 756717: hi
i want a proper answer to this quest
if saleem can type 30 words per minute and ranjit can type 50 words per minute. if saleem needs 30 min to finsh typing a piece of work hw long will ranjit take to finsh the same work
plssss fast
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Question 757110: how do you do problems like these x+2/6=3/x-1
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Question 757355: I have been asked to solve the proportion
%28b-3%29%2F5+=+2%2Fb
So, b minus three, both over 5 equals 2 over b.
I just cant remember the steps to solve. Thanks.
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Question 757646: The scale on a map is 1 inch to 3 miles. If the distance between two points is 6 inches, what proportion should you use to find the actual distance?

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Question 355621: This is a word problem. I tried to use the formula for inverse variation, y=k/x but I am still not getting the correct answer and I think it is because I do not know how to plug the #s in correctly.
Question: The length of time that a given # of bushels of corn will last when feeding cattle varies inversely with the # of animals. If x bushels will feed 25 cows for 10 days, how long will the feed last for 10 cows?
I know the answer is 25 days, I just do not know how to get it.
Thanks!
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Question 758265: dominic spent 1/4 of his money on a pair of socks, 1/5 of it on a magazine and 50 on a snack. If he had 82 left, how much money did he start with?
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Question 758295: Please help me solve this word problem question:
The ratio of dullards to scholars was 2 to 17. If there were 38,000 people at the university, how many were scholars ?
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Question 758746: what is the answer to "miles of tiles" level c?
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Question 759558: Jim is 3 ft from a lamppost that is 15 ft tall. He is 5.5 ft tall. His shadow is ____ ft long. Round your answer to the nearest hundreth.
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Question 759618: Solve the Proportion for x: 21/x = 7/5
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Question 760643: Whats Is : B-1×9
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Question 761014: Find d if 2(d-4)=-2d+8
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Question 761195: Write a paragraph in which you use the terms ratio and proportion correctly. How do I do this if I have 3 female ushers and 6 male ushers?
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