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Question 931652: martha invests $7800 in a savings account which earns 5.1% annual interest, compounded continously. what will be the vaule of her investment after 5 years?
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Question 931702: what will it cost to buy ceiling molding to go around a rectangular room with length 17 ft and width 14 ft? the molding costs 2.81 per linear foot.
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Question 931701: John sold $200.00 more than the rest of the sales staff. if the sales total for the day was $1000, how much did the rest of the sales staff sell?
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Question 931712: Rachael's bike got a flat tire and she must walk the rest of the way to work. The bike was being ridden at 10 mph, and Rachel walks at speed of 6 mph. the distance from home to work is 22 mi, and the total time for the trip was 3 hr. How far did she have to walk?
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Question 931717: from a point on a straight river, one boat is driven upstream at 9 miles per hour, and another boat is driven downstream at 8 miles per hour. In how many hours will they be 34 miles apart?
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Question 925104: suppose you spend $125.00 on supplies to print custom t-shirts.each t-shirt costs you $4.50 to print. you sell the t- shirts in school fundraiser for $15.00 each. how many t-shirts must you sell to break even?
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Question 931720: Jeffery obtains a $1000 loan to purchase a laser printer. His interest rate is 7% ordinary interest for 108 days. What is the interest owed?

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Question 931763: The running shoes Gina bought at a 20%-off sale were originally priced at $70. Before tax was added, how much money did Gina save by buying the shoes on sale?

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Question 931754: Chris and Kerry are going on their honeymoon to Italy. the total is �4320. They have already paid �400 deposit, and will pay the rest of the money by making 16 equal monthly payment. What is each payment?
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Question 931886: At 4 % interest compounded monthly, how long will it take to turn a hundred dollars into a million dollars?
Round your answer to two decimal places
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Question 931897: a savings account is opened with $5000. it earns 4% simple interest. how much will be in the account after 20 years
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Question 932080: Ziad has 26 money bills in his bank some are 500 bills and some are 1000 bills
How many of each does he have if he has a sum of 16500 in all
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Question 932112: Walter Lantz signed a $7,500 note at Bloss Bank. Bloss charges a 6 1/2% discount rate if the loan is for 95 days whats are the proceeds and the effective rate charged
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Question 932133: One day a store sold 17 sweatshirts. White ones cost $9.95 and yellow ones cost $13.50.
In all, 211.75 worth of sweatshirts were sold. How many of each color were sold
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Question 932106: Manuel invested his savings in two investment funds. The $4000 that he invested in Fund A returned a 5% profit. The amount that he invested in Fund B returned a 2% profit. How much did he invest in Fund B, if both funds together returned a 4% profit?
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Question 932167: If you deposit $100 a month, at 8% annually, for 20 years, how much will you have saved?
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Question 932179: A mixture of 15% disinfectant solution is to be made from 13% and 23% disinfectant solution. How much of each solution should be used if 20 gallons of the 15% solution are needed?
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Question 925242: $5900 s invested, part of it at 12% and part of it at 8%. For a certain year, the total yield is $596.00. How? much was invested at each rate
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Question 932623: A shirt is marked 30% off and the sale price is $28. What was the original price? How do I set up the equation?
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Question 932724: A chocolate factory has 2 kinds of chocolate minibar which cost 14 and 8 per kg., respectively. How many kgs. each must be used to make a mixture of 42 kg to sell at 10 per kg.?
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Question 932794: Not really algrebra. But I really need help.
A 2 litre bottle of fruit juice is said to contain 30% of pure organs juice. It is still to strong so 750ml of water is added. What now is the percentage compostion by volume of our orange in the drink?
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Question 932763: The Cycle Shop sells 20 bikes when they charge $270 dollars each. They lose one sale for each $15 dollar increase. What is their maximum income and how many price increases generate that income?
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Question 844465: Problem #50:
Two accounts each began with a deposit of $10,000. Both accounts have rates of 6.5%, but one account compounds interest once a year while the other account compounds interest continuously. Make a table that shows the amount in each account and the interest earned after one year, five, years, ten years, and 20 years.
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Question 932978: 20 bags of rice cost �120 how much do 11 bags cost ?

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Question 932964: Lualhati invests a part of 8500 in a time deposit which pays 6% and the rest in bonds paying 5% interest. the amount of income for the bonds is twice that from the time deposit. How much is invested in each
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Question 933009: Fran receives $153 per year in simple interest from investing $1900. Part is invested at 7%, 8%, and 9%. There is a $100 more invested at 9% than 8%. find the amount invested at each rate
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Question 932967: If you were to loan a friend a $100.00 what interest rate would you ask for?
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Question 933109: delivery charges
�4.00 fixed cost 60p per mile
bob lives 12 miles away. how much will jenny charge to delivery the cakes.
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Question 933153: Evan paid $37.45 for gifts for his grandpa. This included a 7% sales tax. What was the cost before the sales tax?
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Question 933188: if $1950 of a $4000 loan has been paid off, what percentage still remains to be paid?

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Question 933332: Danielle invested $1000 at an 8.5% annual interest rate, compounded quarterly (every 3 months).
How much will she have total in 9 months?
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Question 933414: if you have $2 every day how much money would you get in one year
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Question 933414: if you have $2 every day how much money would you get in one year
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Question 933461: What is the rate if the principle is $5,000, the time is 3 years and the interest is $1,200?
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Question 933471: Heather is collecting dimes she saves one dime on the first day two dimes on the second day and three dimes on the third day. If this pattern continues how much money will heather have saved at the end of 30 days?
a) $45.50
b)$46.00
c)$46.10
d)$46.50
e)$47.50

Would you mind to show me how you got it? Thank you
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Question 933690: How long will it take for $9800 to grow to $14,500 at an interest rate of 6.1% if the interest is compounded continuously? Round the number of years to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 933667: Rhonda Sanchez put $350 into a savings account paying 3 3/4% simple interest per year. How much interest will she earn in 4 years?
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Question 933718: All salespeople in the Department Store receive $360 per week plus a 6% commission. If you sold $3975 worth of goods in a week, what would be your income?
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Question 933773: an appliance salesperson receives 200 per week plus 8% of his sales.If the Sales person earned $875 (before taxes) last week, how much money did the person make in sales?
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Question 933848: when will 3200 amount to 4200 at 8% per annum?

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Question 933885: a couple wants to spend no less than $80 on dinner. the couple plans to give a 15% tip after a 6% sales tax is added. what is the most the couple can spend?
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Question 933960: Write an algebraic expression to answer the question below.
In a given month, Nadia earns d dollars and owes $220 in expenses. How much, in dollars, does she have left after paying for expenses?
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Question 934097: If Gloria received a 3 percent raise and is now making $25,750 a year, what was her salary before the raise?
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Question 934108: You invested $6000 between two accounts paying 5% and 9%, respectively. If the total interest earned for the year was $500, how much was invested at each rate
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