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Question 982689: If x:y = 3:5 and x:z = 5:7, what is the value of y:z ?
a. 3:7
b. 21:25
c. 7:3
d. 25:2
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Question 983524: What is the distance formula between EF with endpoints E (-8,1) and F (1,1)
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Question 983524: What is the distance formula between EF with endpoints E (-8,1) and F (1,1)
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Question 983663: 18:72=t:64
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Question 983835: The ratio of children to adults in a barrio is 4:7. How many adults are there if there are 300 children
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Question 983718: if ratio of age of A:B is 6:5and the age of each C and D is 9/10 times that of B.age of F is less than A but greater tha B.the ratio of age of b and E is 2:3 also age of A is 3years less than E.what is the ratio of age of A and F,if all ages are in integer?
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Question 983938: ek tarbuj ko bhar ke anusar 3:5 ke anupat m kata gya.usme bade tukde ko bhar ke anusar 5:7 ke anupat me dobara kata gya. isprakar us tino tukde ka anupat kya h?
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Question 984022: The ratio of Bill's Money to Henry money was 5:6. After Bill spent $800 on a tv set, the ratio became 1:2. How much money did Bill have at first ?
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Question 984062: a person bought black & red shirts in ratio of 2:5 than half of the red shirts he returned back to the seller & 50 red shirts are balance with him kindly tell how many total shirts he bought on initially.
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Question 984377: suppose that y is directly proportional to x. If y=10 when x=3 complete parts a and b.
a. find the constant of proportionality k.
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Question 984577: The altitude of right triangle is 30 cm and it's shorter leg is 18 cm, what is the ratio of the altitude to its shorter leg?

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Question 984722: 9/6=x/8? What is x
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Question 984722: 9/6=x/8? What is x
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Question 985063: 7x-1
----- =5
6
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Question 985528: two sisters are five and eleven respectively . the ratio of their years will be3:5 in how many years time
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Question 985510: we have to buy 10 kg vegetables for rs 10, if potato is rs 2/kg brinjal rs 1.5/kg and tomato is rs .50/kg. how?
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Question 985558: A picture measures 20cm by 15 cm Enlarge the 20 cm to 30cm what is the other dimension
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Question 986017: there are 1200 soldiers in a fort and there has enough food for 28 day. after 4 day some soldiers transferred hance, food lasted for 32 days. how many soldiers were transferred?
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Question 986156: If one type of rice cost is Rs.13.84 Another type rice cost is Rs15.54. Mixture is sold at Rs17.6 with profit of 14.6% of selling price Then in which proportion two types of rice mixed
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Question 986804: What does pair of ratios form a proportion mean?
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Question 987020: 4/5 = 3/n
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Question 987039: The perimeter of a rectangle measures 92". The length is one more than twice the width. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

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Question 987038: 3p/7=4/5 and I also dont understand 2y+1/2y=3/2
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Question 987855: x+1=-5
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Question 987894: A band went to a recording studio and recorded 4 songs in b hours. How long will it take the band to record 9 songs, if they record at the same rate?
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Question 988584: A passenger train travelled at a speed of 72 km/h. A man on the passenger train observed a goods train travelling at a speed of 54 km/h in the opposite direction. If the goods train passed him in 8 seconds, find the length of the good train. (Hint : Model the problem and draw a diagram). I have solved it and the length of the goods train is 280m,is it possible to find the length of the passenger train.
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Question 988629: 10:x::5:25
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Question 988494: Kevin invested his savings in two investment funds. The amount he invested in Fund A was 4 times as much as the amount he invested in Fund B. Fund A returned a 5% profit and Fund B returned a 2% profit. How much did he invest in Fund B, if the total profit from the two funds together was $1320?
Amount invested in fund b:$__

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Question 988717: 240 MD sodium for 1/3pickle or brand b 325 mg sodium for 1/2 l
pickle
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Question 988820: 1.The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 8. The number with the digits interchanged is 16 less than thrice the original number. Find the number.
2.the units digit of a two-digit number is one less than one-half the tens digit. The number with the digits interchanged is 5 more than thrice the sum of the digits. Help me thanks
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Question 988865: In a camp, there was enough food to feed 2000 people on equal rations for 90 days. After 20 days, 500 more people joined the camp. Calculate the number of days that the remaining food would be used to feed the people.
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Question 989690: Name two points on a line that has a slope of 5/8.
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Question 990490: (x-y)/x=z --> how can i calculated what x is?
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Question 990544: a crew of ten men take a week to overhaul 25 trucks in a fleet of 100 trucks. how many men would it take to complete the overhaul of the rest of the fleet the following week?
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Question 990559: A train covers a distance of 720km at a speed of x km/h. On the return trip it travels at an average speed of y km/h and completes the whole journey in an hour less. If the speed during the reurn journey was 10km /h more, what were the speeds in minutes/sec.
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Question 990577: Mrs Ada is three times as old as her daughter.six years ago,the ratio of their ages were 5:1.find her daughters age
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Question 990699: John is 6 feet tall. At 4 p.m., he cast a shadow that is 8 feet long. At the same time, a nearby light pole cast a shadow that 24 feet long. What is the height of th poll?
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Question 991257: What percent of 75 is 15

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Question 991286: convert the given rate to an equivalent rate.
100 km/hr to meters per second
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Question 991286: convert the given rate to an equivalent rate.
100 km/hr to meters per second
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Question 991288: Use proportions to solve
If Ashima drove the first 348 mi of her trip in 6 hr, how long will it take her, if she drives at the same rate, to drive the remaining 145 mi?
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Question 991284: convert the given rate to an equivalent rate.
$4/lb to cents per ounce
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Question 991284: convert the given rate to an equivalent rate.
$4/lb to cents per ounce
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Question 991289: use proportions to solve
A cookie recipe for three dozen caramel peanut butter bars uses 14 oz of caramel. How much caramel (to the nearest ounce) should be used to make 120 bars for a cookie exchange?
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Question 991290: use proportions to solve
a transformer reduces or increases the voltage (V) of an alternating current based on the ratio of the coils in the input circuit (N in) to the coils in the output circuit (N out) according to the following proportion: V out/ V in = N out/ N in. A transformer is used to reduce the 120V household current to the 18V used in model train sets. If the transformer has 180 coils on the input circuit, how many coils are on the output circuit?
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