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Question 1092852: A baseball team has played 9 games and won 8. What's the ratio of games won to games played so far?
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Question 1092852: A baseball team has played 9 games and won 8. What's the ratio of games won to games played so far?
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Question 1093438: an adult elephant drinks about 225 litters of water each day what is the number of days the water supply lasts

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Question 635702: one year ago the ratio between mahesh and suresh salaries was 3:5.the ratio of their individual salaries of last year and present year are 2:3&4:5 resp.if their total salaries for the present year are Rs.4300, what is the present salary of mahesh?
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Question 1093649: ax-by = cz , x:y:z = ?
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Question 1093862: At the start of the week a bookshop had science and art books in the ratio 2 to 5. By the end of the week, 20% of each type of books were sold and 2240 book of both type were unsold. How many books of each type were at the start of the week.
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Question 1093859: what is the aspect ratio of television screen is the ratio of the measure of horizontal length to the measure of the vertical length. Find the horizontal length and vertical height of a television screen with an aspect ratio of 4 to 5 and a diagonal of 50 inches.

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Question 1093984: Dalton read a total of 32 books over 4 months. If Dalton has read 48 books so far, how many months has he been with his book club? Assume the relationship is directly proportional.

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Question 1093980: A triangle with sides of 4cm,5cm and 3cm lengths

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Question 1093980: A triangle with sides of 4cm,5cm and 3cm lengths

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Question 1094908: What is the solution of the proportion (n)/(5)=(2n+4)/(6)?
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Question 1094908: What is the solution of the proportion (n)/(5)=(2n+4)/(6)?
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Question 1094917: An 8-oz can of orange juice contains about 97mg of vitamin C. About how many milligrams of vitamin C are there in a 12-oz can of orange juice?
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Question 1095115: If x=5y=2z then find x:y:z

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Question 1095240: nnn

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Question 1095517: 2. Two brothers, A and B have their annual income in ratio of 8:5 while their annual spending is in the ratio of 5:3 .lf they save 1,200 cedis and 1000 cedis respectively. Find their annual income
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Question 1095596: Isaac alone can do a piece of work in 5 days, and his wife, Esther also can do it in 8days.if they work together, how long will it take them to complete the job.
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Question 1095679: t=r/(r-3)
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Question 1095679: t=r/(r-3)
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Question 1095763: Robert ran a total of 56 kilometers in one month. His friend Martin ran 46,000 meters in the same span of time.Who ran a longer distance? Why?
please help with a little explanation. thanks and more power.
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Question 1095896: Solve the proportion
5/x+2 = 6/x-1
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Question 1096185: I just returned from a 10 day vacation where I spent time at a hotel that cost $60 dollars/day and a campground that cost $15 dollars/ day for a total of $330. How many days did I spend at the hotel and how many days id I spend at the campground ? Don't know how to set up equation! Thank you.
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Question 1096638: If m varies inversely as n and m=8 when n=3 find m when n=8
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Question 1096638: If m varies inversely as n and m=8 when n=3 find m when n=8
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Question 1096862: Find the constant of variation k for the stated condition.
y varies jointly as x and the square of t, and y=−50 when x=2 and t=5.
what does k=
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Question 1096861: Suppose z varies directly with x and inversely with the square of y. If z=12 when x=3 and y=3, what is z when x=11 and y=8?
What does z=
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Question 1096974: If a wire 0.01 in. In diameter has a resistance of 0.351 ohm, what is the resistance of a wire of the same length and material with a diameter 0.0345 in. To the nearest ten-thousandth.
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Question 1097487: On a map, the distance between Mary's house and John's house is 9.25 inches. According to the scale, 2.5 inches represents 5 miles. How far apart are the houses?
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Question 1097532: if y varies inversely as x and y=20 when x=1/4, find y when x=15
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Question 1097531: if y is inversely proportional to x and y=14 when x=4, find the constant of variation.

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Question 1097538: y varies jointly as a and b, and inversely as the square root of c. y=12 when a=3, b=2, and c =25. find y when a=5, b=3, and c=9.
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Question 1097535: a quantity c partly varies directly as d and partly varies inversely as a constant. When d=4, c=17. When d=6, c=13. Find the value of c when d=10.
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Question 1097573: c partly varies directly as d and partly varies inversely as a constant. When d=4, c=17. When d=6, c=13. Find the value of c when d=10.
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Question 1097892: z is partly constant and partly varies directly as x. When x=8, z=59. when x=11, z=80. Find the value of z when x=5.
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Question 1097986: If there are enough rations for 15 troops for 8 days. Suddenly 5 more troops come into the group. How long would the rations now last. Thanks. It would be great to see how to set up the equation
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Question 1098012: Based on a recent study 6 out of every 10 Americans are considered overweight currently there are about 300 million Americans how many would be considered overweight
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Question 1097997: How do gratuity and tax relate to the part to whole proportion?
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Question 1098276: The number of calories you burn depends on your weight. A 140
-pound
person burns 191

calories during 30 minutes of hiking
.
Find the number of calories that a 200
-pound
person would burn during the same activity, assuming they burn calories at the same rate.
How many calories would a 200-pound
person
burn?
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Question 1098368: tap x can fill a tank in 10 minutes. and tap y can fill it in 15 minutes.how long will it take to fill the tank if both taps are on.
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Question 1098594: please help me to solve this problem-
A machine makes electric bulb,in which 3 out of every 65 are found to be faulty.it made 45 faulty bulbs in a day.how many good bulbs were made that day?
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Question 1098620: March sales accounted for 1/7 of the total number of jazz records sold all year.about how many jazz records were sold all year . Please a I need the answer
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Question 1098694: Question: An office supply store recently sold a black printer ink cartridge for 17.99 and a color printer ink cartridge for 25.99. At the start of a recent fall semester, a total of 55 of these cartridges was sold for a total of $1157.45. How many of each type were purchased?
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