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Question 1109261: 3x^2 - 5x/6 = 2x^2+3/4
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Question 1109258: The total receipts (gross income) of a coal mining company one year were $167,250,000. The expenses for the year were to the net income as 13 is to 2. What were the expenses for that year? What were the net earnings?
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Question 1109825: A 12 ounce of Ortega Refried Beans sells for 59 cents, and the 16 ounce size can of the same brand sells for 81 cents. Which can is the better buy?

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Question 1109921: Find A:C in the following
2A=3B=5C
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Question 1109957: In a daycare program 14% of the children are in the infants and toddler classes. If there are 9 infants and 12 toddlers, how many total children are in the daycare program?
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Question 1109964: Race drivers must complete 200 laps in the Daytona. If Ricky Bobby only completed 57% of the race, how many laps did he complete?
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Question 1109964: Race drivers must complete 200 laps in the Daytona. If Ricky Bobby only completed 57% of the race, how many laps did he complete?
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Question 1109965: There are 1,560 students enrolled at Greenwood Middle School. If 85% of these students ride the bus, how many do not ride the bus?
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Question 1109962: Of the 180 day of school last year,Grace was absent 15 days. What percent of the days was she absent?
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Question 1109960: Jaylon spent $21.60 of the $80 he got for his birthday. What percent of his money did he spend?
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Question 1109958: Jameson used 42% of the money on a gift card to purchase groceries. If he spent $67.20 on groceries,how much was on the gift card to begin with?
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Question 1110007: work out the value of (6.8*10^2)*(1.3 * 10^-3)
give your answer in standard form
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Question 1110027: If x=2y=3z then x:y:z is :

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Question 1110107: what is the ratio of the numbers 'a' and 'b', if twice of 'a' exceeds thrice of b by b?
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Question 1110112: Number 72 is divided into two parts such that 5 times the first part and four times the second part are in the ratio 25:28. Find the first part?

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Question 1110118: find a:b:c, given 3a+b=2c and 3b=2c+a.
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Question 1110327: I am not for sure this is the right area to ask but here goes. I have a gallon of DSMO 99.9999% and would like to know how much distilled water do I need to use to cut it down to put it into 2oz bottles to use this product. I am wanting to make sure it is safe. I am not sure what is the safe level to use 90% or 70% let me know what you think.
thanks,
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Question 1110440: the detergent is diluted in water at 1:20
calculate how much detergent and water are needed when making 25 liters of detergent solution.
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Question 1110504: a car wheel is 22 inches. how many times it is rotating in 1 km?
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Question 1110554: 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 1110797: In an examination, the scores of Pradip and Dilip are in the ratio 5:7, then what will be the ratio of the sum of three times Dilip's score and Pradip's score to the sum of three times Pradip's score and Dilip's score?
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Question 1110836: $3.oo/hour=________cents/minute?

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Question 1110811: Three persons A, B and C together have 875 loaves of bread. A has got 4 times as much as B but 25 loaves more than C. How many does C have?
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Question 1110929: In one village, there are 4 men for every 3 women and 5 children for every three men. How many children are there in the village if it has 549 women?
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Question 1110994: Grade 9 math question;
Here is a recipe for apple pie:
500ml flour
200ml butter
500g sliced apples
125g sugar
Each pie serves 6 people. I only have 350 g of sliced apples because Frank ate 3 apples. How much of each other ingredients will I need to make the pie proportionally correct?
Thanks :)

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Question 1110803: (4x+y)/(8x+9y) is the duplicate ratio of 3:5. Find x:y?
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Question 1111128: The ratio of the age of a father and his son two years ago was 10:1. Four years hence the age of the father will be 4 times the age of his son. what is the difference in the age of the father and son?
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Question 1111117: $2x is shared among 3 persons, A,B,C in the ratio 3:2:5 if B gets $45, find the value of x.
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Question 1111218: Find b:a, from the equation 12a^2-25ab+7b^2 =0 given that the b/a is a proper fraction?
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Question 1111706: A certain sum is divided among A, B and C in a manner that for every rupee A gets, B gets 60 paise, and that for every rupee B gets, C gets 55 paise. If C's share in the total sum is Rs 66, then what is the share of A?
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Question 255434: How much water should be added to 32 ounces of a 30% solution of alcohol to dilute it to a 16% solution?
Formula to develop the problem
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Question 1112068: It is desired to add sufficient water to 6 liters of alcohol 95% pure to make a mixture 75% pure. How many liters of water are required
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Question 1112080: Hi,I'm learning proportions and I believe I have the hang of it , but I'm not sure so can you help me with this question: x over 2x+1 and 16 over 40
( the word over indicates that it's a fraction)
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Question 1112193: Max is going to paint the four walls of his room. Two of the walls are 15 feet long by 8 feet high. The other two walls are 30 feet long by 8 feet high. His options at the paint store are below.
One gallon of paint costs $12 and covers 350 square feet of area.
1/2 gallon of paint costs $8 and covers 175 square feet of area.
If each wall requires 2 coats of paint, what is the minimum cost of painting the four walls of Max's room?
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Question 1112266: If x : y = 3 : 2 and y : z = 5 : 4, find the ratio of x : y : z
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Question 1114291: Darci is riding a bike while Tamir is riding his skateboard. Each is traveling along a paved path at a constant speed. Darci's distance traveled with respect to time is represented by the equation d=7t. In the equation, d is the distance in meters and t is the time in seconds. Tamir's distance traveled with respect to time is (2 sec,10 miles). Who travels faster?
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Question 1114290: Aksana and Ebony are competing in a wheelchair walkathon. The distance Aksana has traveled with respect to time is represented by the equation d=0.21t. In the equation, d is the distance in miles and t is the time in minutes. The distance Ebony has traveled with respect to the time is represented in the table below. If they continue at their current speeds, who will finish the marathon sooner?
Ebony's Race Data
Time(min) Distance(mi)
5 0.85
10 1.7
15 2.55
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Question 1114372: Ethan has $1.25 in dimes nickels and pennies that�s why said many dimes and pennies and the number of nickels is one less than the number of pennies how many dimes nickels and pennies as you have
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Question 1115197: The ratio of male students to female students at a certain university is 3 to 5. If there is a total of 10,000 students, find the number of male students and the number of female students.
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Question 1115220: My rectangular cabbage patch has a total area of 115 sq. ft. Find its perimeter in terms of the width x.
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Question 1116085: A hybrid car averages 603 miles on a 12.6 gallon tank of gas. Manuel is planning a 1280 dash mile vacation in his hybrid car. Find how many gallons of gas he can expect to burn.
Manuel needs approximately
nothing gallons of gas for his vacation.
(Round to the nearest whole number as needed.)
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