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Question 1047884: Jennifer is saving money to buy a bike the bike cost $245 she have $125 saved and each week see as $15.02 I would take her to save enough money to buy the bike
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Question 1048608: the actual distance between cities is proportional to their measured distance on a map. the measured distance between two cities 75 miles apart is 3 inches on a map write an equation in the form of y=ax that can be used to find the actual distance to any two cities measured on a map
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Question 1048649: harshi.talesara@gmail.com
10 bulls can plough 13 hectares of farmland in 7 days. How many bulls are required to plough 115 hectares in 35 days?
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Question 1048860: Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Round
dollar amounts to the nearest cent
Sarah worked 10 more hours than Josh. If Sarah worked 7 hr for every 2 hr
Josh worked, how long did they each work?
Please show steps thank you
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Question 1049053: 1. 42 is 70% of what number?

2. what percent of 140 is 210?
3. 6% of what number is $24?
4. what percent of 3,100 is 930?
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Question 1049061: In 1860 and 1861, riders of the Pony Express delivered mail on horseback from
St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. The trip of 1966 miles took
about 10 days (240 hours).
a. What was the riders� average speed to the nearest tenth of a mile per hour?
b. A student estimates that it would take a Pony Express rider less than
6 hours to travel 75 miles. Is the student�s estimate reasonable? Explain
Make a proportion out of this.
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Question 1049219: What does the variable in this equation represent?(x+2)�3+2(x+3)+3(x-5)=136
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Question 1049414: Hi, I know how to do a proportion but I'm not totally sure how to set up this question and what it is asking, here's the problem: You have a photograph that is 4 inches wide and 5 1/3 inches tall. You would like to reproduce it on a sheet of paper that measures 8 1/2inches by 11inches, leaving at least 1/2 inch margin on all four sides. What scale should you use if you keep the sheet of paper in the normal upright orientation. Assume that the reproduction will be as large as possible
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Question 1049556: the cost of to replace a water pump in a sport car was 600. this included $375 for the water pump and $45 per hour for labor? how many hours of labor were required to replace the water pump?
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Question 1049618: In an exam there is 4 marks for a right answer but 2 marks will be deducted for a wrong answer. A student attends 75 questions and gets 150 marks.How many questions did he answer right?
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Question 1049861: Amit does a work in 90days ,bittu in 40days and chintu in 12days .they work one after another for a day each, starting with Amit followed by bittu and then by chintu. If the total wages recently after the completion of the work are rs 360 and Amit bittu and chintu share them in the ratio of work done find the respective individuals wages
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Question 1050025: On an N-gauge model train set, a tank car is 3.75 inches long. An actual tank car is 50 feet long. What is the ratio of the length of the actual tank car to the length of the model tank car?
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Question 1050066: a is directly proportional to b. If a=15, then b=9.
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Question 1050118: Reference question 980537. Find 83 2/3% of 12.6. I got to this point with no problem: 100x=31626/30. The next step should be dividing each side by 100. Macston(5191) answered question 980537. Im confused gow he got 31626/3000 and why he says to multiply by 1/3. Can you please explain it to me?
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Question 1050874: In science class, there are 25% more girls than boys. If 3 girls leave, the number of boys is equal to the number of girls. How many total students are originally in class?
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Question 1051231: A fruit stand sells 8-ounce containers of blueberries for $4.00. If y represents the cost of x ounces of blueberries, which equation correctly models this proportional relationship
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Question 1051669:
9m-4=-3m+5+12m=
No Solution
Infinite Number of Solutions
m = 0
m = 1

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Question 1051699: The perimeter of the rectangle is 138 inches. The length of the rectangle is 4x inches and the width is 3x+6 inches. Find the value of x
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Question 1051788: Michelle is making hamburger, using 5lbs of ground beef that is 15% fat and 7lbs of ground beef that is 3% fat. What is total percentage of the fat in the mixture?
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Question 1052066: A tree casts a shadow 6 feet long. At the same time of day a 5.5 foot tall person casts a shadow 3 feet tall. How tall is the tree
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Question 1052066: A tree casts a shadow 6 feet long. At the same time of day a 5.5 foot tall person casts a shadow 3 feet tall. How tall is the tree
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Question 1052275: If the ratio of 2x - y to x + y is 2/3 what is the ratio of x to y
Need to understand the steps and the strategies.
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Question 1052469: During the first half of a basketball game, Emily missed all five of her field goal attempts. During the second half, she hit 75% of her 16 attemplts. What was her goal shooting percentage for the game?
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Question 1052470: List five different ways to explain why 2/3 > 2/5. I can only come up with 2 ways.
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Question 1053162: The measure of the angles of a triangle have a ratio of 1:2:3. Find the measures.
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Question 1053163: What is the mean of x/3 and x/5? IS it x/4? How do you know?
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Question 1053160: In a school, 3 out of every 5 students wear glasses. If 220 boys and 260 girls wear glasses, how many students are in the school?
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Question 1053159: The ratio of the number of boys to girls in a school is 4:5. If there are 120 boys, then how many girls are in the school?
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Question 1053158: A fast runner can run a mile in 4 minutes. What is his speed in miles per hour?
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Question 1053165: A 15 3/4 in. board is cut in a single cut from a 38 1/4 in. board. The saw cut takes 3/8 in. How much of the original board is left after the cutting?
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Question 1053157: Becky is climbing a hill that has a 17 degree slope. For every 5 feet she gains in altitude, she travels about 16.37 horizontal feet. If at the end of her uphill climp she has traveled 1 mile horizontally, how much altitude has she gained?
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Question 1053156: Louis and William were both working hard to lose weight. Louis weighed 330 pounds and William weighed 280 pounds. After 6 month, Louis had lost 40 pounds and William had lost 30 pounds. Who was having a bigger impact on his weight over this time period?
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Question 1053497: A sum of money was shared between three friends - Ann , Betty and Candy in the ratio 2:5:8. If Betty received $25 more than Ann evaluate the sum of money shared
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Question 1053496: A sum of money was shared between three friends - Ann , Betty and Candy in the ratio 2:5:8. If Betty received $25 more than Ann evaluate the sum of money shared
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Question 1053696: find the next two terms 15,12,9,6,__,__
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Question 1053954: according to a will the inheritances is to be divided among 2 sons and 1 daughter the ratio of the amount given to eldest son to the amount given to the daughter is 2:1 the ratio of the amount given to the youngest son to the amount given to the daughter is 5:3 what is the ratio of the amount given to the eldest son to the amount given to the youngest son?
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Question 1054046: 'ET Pizza' produces two pizzas that are similar in shape. The smaller pizza is 20 cm in diameter and costs $10. The larger pizza is 30 cm in diameter. What is a fair cost for the larger pizza?
Thanks in advance.
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Question 1054220: 3 wholes and 1 fourths minus 1 whole and 3 fourths

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Question 1054351: In a business,Romeo and Juliet gained some amount in a certain ratio.Juliet and frank received the profits in the same ratio as Romeo and Juliet.if Romeo received $250 and frank received $360,what is the amount received by Juliet?
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Question 1055107: y=9 when x=7
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