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Question 822902: if you are 5 feet and 6 inches tall and cast a shadow of 4 feet what is 10 feet Tree cast?
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Question 808236: x:4=5:10
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Question 824440: Hello,
I am in 6th grade and learning about proportions. My teacher asked the following question: Given a situation, how many proportions can you create from it? How many arrangements are prohibited? Why?
Can you help me with this question?
Thank you!
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Question 824674: judith and marie are helping their friends change the light bulbs on a wall fixture. They placed the base of the ladder 3 feet from the wall. The top of the ladder meets the wall 8 ft above the ground. What is the slope of the ladder?
AND
Danny's kites is 45 ft in the air. The slope of the string is 9/2. How far away is Danny from the spot on the ground directly below the kite?

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Question 806509: Aman left 1/3rd of his money to his daughter,1/4th to his son , and the remaining 20,000 to his wife. How much money did the man have??
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Question 825071: Joey makes $8.50 per hour. write an equation that can be used to graph the proportional relationship
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Question 825308: Mindy bought a car for $5,885. This was 40% off the original price. But also Mindy got another 10% off from the original price. What was the original price
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Question 825659: A sum of money is divided between Raymond and Roland in the ratio of 3:5. Roland gets $300 more than Raymond. What is the sum of money divided between them?
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Question 826269: Baseball hats are on sale for 12% off. If the sale price is 12.50, what was the original price? Round to nearest cent.
I can not figure out how to set this up.
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Question 826276: drive 168mi in 2h 30 min
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Question 827332: Okay so I know it has to do with proportions and I don't necessarily need an answer I just need to know how to set this problem up. Please and thank you :)
A 4 by 6in. Drawing is enlarged to put on a poster that measures 20 by 24 in. What are the dimensions of the largest enlargement possible?
I feel like the largest would be 20 by 24. Right?
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Question 827831: On a map 1 inch equal 20 miles - two cities are 7 inches apart on a map - what is the actual distance between the two cities
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Question 827859: how many days are in a mile?
my question was 236.7 miles in 45 days
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Question 827945: How do you solve a person-day problem? For example, "one man works 55 days to finish a job. How long will it take 5 men to do the same job all working at equal rates of speed?"
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Question 829060: If you have 365 days in a year and that represents a millimeter then how many mm in 4 days?
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Question 829297: 4/7=n/12
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Question 829443: complete without simplifing 7=2/x

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Question 829582: Ingrid types 3 pages in the same amount of time that Tanya types 4.5 pages. If Ingrid and Tanya start typing at the same time, how many pages will Tanya have typed when Ingrid has typed 11 pages?
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Question 829743: can anyone help with this problem. fertilizer is to be spread at a rate of 2 pounds for 600 square feet. how many pounds of fertilizer will be needed for 900 square feet.
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Question 829768: solve the proportion , and round to the nearest hundreth 7/12 = n/35
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Question 829094: What is 3/4b+1=5 find b

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Question 830693: y is inversely proportional to x. Find the percentage decrease in y when x increases by 150%.
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Question 830952: A quantity a varies directly as x and another quantity b varies inversely as x. when x = 2, then sum of a and b is 7, and when x = 3, the sum is 8. Find the value of a+b when x = 4.
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Question 831680: 10 people finish a job in 16 hours, how many hours would it take for 8 people to finish the same job, working at the same pace
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Question 831680: 10 people finish a job in 16 hours, how many hours would it take for 8 people to finish the same job, working at the same pace
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Question 831725: 25�24

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Question 832002: An 8-pound bag of cat food sells for $13.89. A 20-pound bag of the same brand sells for $24.79. Which is the better buy?
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Question 832344: what is the solution to the proportion n/18 = 5/9
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Question 832302: On the map an inch represents 8 miles. What will be the distance on the map of two places 30 miles apart?
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Question 832891: Find the Solution set.
b2-100=0
Separate the two values with a comma.
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Question 833095: On a map, one centimeter represents 45 kilometers. Two towns are 135 kilometers apart. What is the distance between the towns on the map
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Question 833237: The measure of the angles of a triangle are in the extended ratio 3:6:9 . what is the measure of the smallest angle?
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Question 833229: If 20% of the students in Ms. Taylor�s class like strawberry ice cream, then how many students are in Ms. Taylor�s class if 6 people like strawberry ice cream?

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Question 834514: how do i do this problem its a fraction x+4 OVER 4 = 9 over 7 its ratios and proportions
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Question 835530: The ratio of in state to out of state students at the university is 7 to 2. If there are 1800 students at the university, how many are from out of town?
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Question 835564: Betty gets paid 25� per paper to deliver newspaper in her neighborhood. She pays her brother 10� per paper to deliver them for her. If Bobby makes $7.80 filling in for Betty, how much money does Betty get to keep for that day?
(This is a weekly homework packet problem. I'm not sure how to solve it or what the question is asking.)
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Question 835759: you train for a race by running at a speed of 6 miles per hour.
at this speed, how many MINUTES does it take to run 3.2 miles?
THANKS GUYS! if you dont mind it would mean alot if you showed me how to do it.. but thanks:)!!!!
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Question 835962: If 1 side of a triangle is 10 inches and the same side in a 2nd triangle is 20 inches. A 2nd side is 4 inches in the 1st triangle what is the same side in the 2nd triangle?
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Question 835965: Please help me solve this problem: If you buy a new TV for $599.25 on sale, which is 25% off of the regular price, and the store marked the price up by 100%, what was the store's cost for the TV?

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Question 837933: what is 3.2 miles in ft
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Question 838356: Hello there,
I need help with this math question. I know how to do the question but I am not sure where the vertex is...
I have included a link to my question
http://tinypic.com/r/2hoy7uv/8
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Question 838380: How do you solve the porportion 3/x=7/10
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Question 837921: A stereo sells for $152.56. If the stereo is 13% off and the sales tax is 7%, what is the total price?
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