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Question 939004: If A over B= 3 over 5, then A over 3 = what over what?
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Question 939003: A store stocks pine and spruce seedlings in approximately the ratio of 7:2. If they order 24 pines, how many spruce seedlings should they order? Round to the nearest whole number.
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Question 939008: A farmer produced 28bu./acre on 400 acres. Another farmer has 800 acres. How many total bushels of wheat should be expected by the second farmer if the bushels per acre is in the same ratio.
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Question 939053: An 112 ounce mixture is created by combining two ethylene solutions. One solution is10% ethylene and the other is 2% ethylene. If the finale mixture is comprised of 7.9% ethylene solution, then how much of the 10% solution was used?
How do I do this? Thank you and please
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Question 938941: a tree casts a 30 1/2 foot shadow at the time of day when a 2 foot stake casts a 7 2/3 foot shadow. estimate the height of the tree

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Question 939275: in a 36 minute gym period, 24 students want to play basketball. if only 10 can play at the same time, and each student plays the same length of time, how many minutes does each child play basketball.
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Question 939482: Pls assist in solving:
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Question 939747: the fuel consumption of a car is reported in liters per 100 km ( L/100km )
a)
which of the following cars is the most fuel efficent and why?
CAR #1: Fuel consumption = 12L/100km
CAR #2: Fuel consumption = 9.7L/100km
b)
if a car travels 800 km and uses 62 liters of gas, find the fuel consumption for the car

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Question 939888: Solve the proportion for the item represented by a letter. 3/1=A/6
A=
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Question 939941: JESSICA CAN DO 60 JUMPING-JACKS IN 2MINUTES.JUANITA CAN DO 150JUMPING-JACKS IN 5MINUTES. ARE THESE RATES PROPORTIONAL?

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Question 939941: JESSICA CAN DO 60 JUMPING-JACKS IN 2MINUTES.JUANITA CAN DO 150JUMPING-JACKS IN 5MINUTES. ARE THESE RATES PROPORTIONAL?

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Question 939993: Solve the proportion. x:21 = 1:3
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Question 940420: How to solve:
8-d/15 = 3/45

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Question 940671: a designated hitter gets 8 hits in 9 games. if she continues hitting at this rate, how many hits will he get in 162 games?
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Question 941278: A proportional relationship between the number of pounds of potatoes (x) and the price in dollars (y) is graphed, and the ordered pair (4,3) is on the graphed line. What is the price of 1 pound of potatoes? Show your work, including the proportion you used to determine the price. What does the ordered pair (8,6) on the graph represent? Explain in words.
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Question 941341: Jack receives a salary bonus each month that is 20% of his total sales. How much does he need to sell to make a bonus of $500?(set up a percent proportion)
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Question 941312: if the scale on a map is 2 inches to 9 miles and you measure 10 inches between two cities,what is the actual distance between the two cities?
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Question 941890: Need your help please solving 3x/10=5x/6
so far...
18x=50x
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Question 942282: 14/32=x/8
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Question 942370: the ratio of the measures of three sides of a triangle are 5:7:8 find the angle measures help pls
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Question 942370: the ratio of the measures of three sides of a triangle are 5:7:8 find the angle measures help pls
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Question 942728: Solve for x 7x - 2/x + x + 2/x
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Question 942726: solve for x 11/x + 2 = 5/x
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Question 943683: If y is directly proportional to u and inversely proportional to the square of v, and y=7 when u=9 and v=6, what is y when u=4 and v=8?
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Question 943734: Sarah can paint a fence in 4 hours. Her father Joe can paint it in 2 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them?
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Question 943752: In addition to an employee's 300$ weekly salary, management has improved a 6% pay increase plus an extra $12 per week for travel expenses. How much percent will the employe increase?
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Question 943858: Tell whether the ratios are proportions.
2 to 4 and 11 to 11/2
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Question 944762: The school store is preparing for its yearly ''Spirit Shirt'' sale. In years past, the school store has sold a shirt to two out of every three students in the school. How many ''Spirit Shirts'' should the store expect to sell if the student population is 930?\

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Question 944861: the ratio of men to women working for a company is
7
to
5
. If there are
216
employees total, how many men work for the company?
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Question 945415: Elena works at Fresh Freeze. She works 32 hours and earned $244.80. Write an equation to represent Elena�s earnings, y, or x hours of work.
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Question 945835: A salesman makes 5% commission on all he sells. How much does he have to sell to make $1500?
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Question 946666: Katherine saved $8 on a CD player due to a 20% discount. What was the original price of the CD player?
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Question 946672: What is the mass of calcium carbonate in grams contained in 562 kg ore, if the ore is 45 % calcium carbonate? (1kg=1000gram)
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Question 939267: 35 over 7 = x over 21
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Question 939267: 35 over 7 = x over 21
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Question 946829: the scale on a map is 1 inch: 30 miles. Two cities on the map are 4.5 inches apart. what is the actual distance between the two cities?
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Question 948260: Let a, b, and c be three nonzero real numbers such that (a+2) devided by 2=(b+3) devided by 3=(c+5) devided by 5=k
evaluate a, b, and c in terms of k. Deduce that k=1/10(a+b+c)+1
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Question 948550: In a park, the ratio of adults to children is 8 to 5. If there are 143 people in the park, how many children are there?
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Question 949056: If the ratio 2x - y to x + y is 2/3, what is the ratio of x to y? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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Question 949155: A farmer has 3/5 of his land under cultivation. He grows soybeans on 3/4 of that land. If he has 270 acres of soybeans how much land does he have under cultivation?
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Question 950213: A ship traveling a straight course sights a lighthouse at an angle of A=56.0 deg as shown in figure340. after traveling another B=3.49 mi, the lighthouse is at an angle of C=58.5 deg. Determine x and y.
Figure 340 address
http://tech2.buffalostate.edu/classes/300/figs/fig340.jpg
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Question 950248: In a college, 4/9 of all employees are faculty and the ratio of the faculty to support staff is 5:4. How many people does the college employ if the support staff numbers 192?

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Question 951096: A motorboat takes 4 hours to travel 128km going upstream. The return trip takes 2 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 951056: 7x+1 / 3 =
2x/3

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