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Question 1099157: A bag contains blue marbles and red marbles, 71 in total. The number of blue marbles is 1 less than 3 times the number of red marbles. How many blue marbles are there?
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Question 1099284: John can dig the garden in 30 minutes, while Jack takes 20 minutes. If they work together how many minutes would they take
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Question 1099284: John can dig the garden in 30 minutes, while Jack takes 20 minutes. If they work together how many minutes would they take
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Question 1099284: John can dig the garden in 30 minutes, while Jack takes 20 minutes. If they work together how many minutes would they take
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Question 1099360: please simplify fully; (27x^6)^2/3
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Question 1099360: please simplify fully; (27x^6)^2/3
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Question 1099359: Each time Astrid plays a game of chess against her computer, she will win or draw or lose. For each game, the probability of winning is 0.3.The probability of losing is three times the probability she will draw. What is her probability of losing
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Question 1099571: A tap can fill a tank in 6 mins and another can fill the same tank in 8 mins .How long will it take to fill the tank if the two taps were opened at the same time?
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Question 1099570: A tap can fill a tank in 6 mins and another can fill the same tank for 8 mins. How long did it take if the taps were opened at the same time?
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Question 1099700: one hose can fill a water in 12 hours. a second hose can fill the tank at twice the rate of the first one. if both hoses are used together. how long does it take to fill the tank
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Question 1100098: 1. An airplane flying at 22,000 feet descended 8,500 feet and then ascended 5,000 feet. What is the new altitude of the airplane?
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Question 1100193: What number should be added to 18:22 so that the ratio becomes 3:2?
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Question 1100193: What number should be added to 18:22 so that the ratio becomes 3:2?
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Question 1100365: A husband and a wife shared a bowl of beans in the ratio of 4:6. If the husband who got the better share ate 84 beans, how many did the wife get?
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Question 1100367: Fill in the blank
1/4: 1/2: 1/3= 3: ?: 4
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Question 1100367: Fill in the blank
1/4: 1/2: 1/3= 3: ?: 4
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Question 1100366: At an international exhibition, the number of Europeans is 5/8 of the number of Americans. The ratio if Asians to Europeans is 1:2. If there are 1200 more Americans than Europeans, how many people are in the exhibition?
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Question 1100527: Which number should be added to 18:22 so that the ratio becomes 3:2?
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Question 1100779: Price of sugar A is 60 per kg and sugar B is 50 per kg, in what ratio both these should be
mixed that price will be 56 per kg?
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Question 1100778: If cost of meat per kg is 240 per kg and shopkeeper provides discount of 15% on every 3kg. What will be cost of 4 kg of meat?
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Question 1100778: If cost of meat per kg is 240 per kg and shopkeeper provides discount of 15% on every 3kg. What will be cost of 4 kg of meat?
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Question 1100778: If cost of meat per kg is 240 per kg and shopkeeper provides discount of 15% on every 3kg. What will be cost of 4 kg of meat?
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Question 78342: Please help me with this story problem.
A post office sells first-class stamps and postcard stamps. For the year, the post office sold 7 first -class stamps for every 2 postcard stamps sold.

a. the post office sold 46, 260 stamps for the year. How many of them were first-class stamps? how many were postcard stamps?
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Question 1101469: The ratio of male students to female students at a certain university is 4 to 5. If there is a total of 9,450 students, find the number of male students and the number of female students.

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Question 46782: Ed and Dave are going to divide a cash prize of $14,000 in a ratio of 2 to 5. How much will Dave receive?
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Question 920969: A 12-oz serving of mountain Dew contains 55 mg of caffeine how much caffeine is in an 18-oz serving of mountain dew?
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Question 1101915: nowshin can do the dinner dishes in 1/4 hour.while her sister naurin can do the dinner dishes in 1/2 hour.what part of an hour would it take if they worked together?
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Question 1102299: A stadium is painted red, gold and blue in the ratio 5:4:2.
It is estimated that the stadium has a paintable area of 445.5m^2.If 1 litre of paint covers 16m^2 find the amount required of each paint colour.

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Question 1102301: Find the value of the pronumeral: a:42=11:6
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Question 1102382: Please find the value of"x" in this ratio problem 2x:5=4:4
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Question 1102381: There are 180 players couches in a soccer league, if the player to coach ratio is 9:1,how many player are there.

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Question 1102677: A pair of jeans cost $30 and the sweater cost $35.if sales tax is 6%,how mach did you spend in total for the jeans and sweater.
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Question 1102718: Celine has 0.8 as much as money as David who has 0.5 times the amount of Monica. If Monica has $20, how much money do they have in total?
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Question 1103182: Three girls shared a sum of money. 1st girl received � of the amount, 2nd girl received ⅜ of the amount and the 3rd girl received $20 of the amount. what is the amount shared?
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Question 1103385: How many twelfths are needed to make 7/12 into 1 whole?

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Question 1103558: Pritam, Sarah and Emily share some money in the ratios 3 : 6 : 4 Sarah gets $15 more than Emily. Work out the amount of money that Pritam gets.

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Question 1103680: 1.5 over 6 = P over 10
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Question 1103678: 1.5 over 6 = 10 over P
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Question 1103933: If 1/4 inches = 1 foot how many centimeters = a foot
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Question 1103933: If 1/4 inches = 1 foot how many centimeters = a foot
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Question 1103973: Two brothers A and B have their annual incomes in the ratio of 8:5 while their annual spending is in the ratio 5:3.

If they save $1,200 and $1,000 respectively, find their annual incomes.

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