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Question 33779: One type of cat food recommends that a cat have a daily serving of 1/3ounce of dry cat food per pound of body weight. If a cat is fed 3 2/3 ounces of dry food a day according to these recommendations, how many pounds does the cat weigh?
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Question 40055: If a 4.4-pound bag of dog food costs $3.52, what is the cost per pound?
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Question 40055: If a 4.4-pound bag of dog food costs $3.52, what is the cost per pound?
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Question 40055: If a 4.4-pound bag of dog food costs $3.52, what is the cost per pound?
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Question 47586: Please check my answer.
A survey of 400 people found that 66 were left handed. What percent of those surveyed were left -handed
I came up with 16.5%
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Question 25862: Your assistance please. Here is the question: Enrique puts 12% of his monthly paycheck in an IRA. If he invests $72 in his IRA, how much was his paycheck?

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Question 51336: A coffee merchant has coffee beans that sell for $ 9 per pound. The two types are to be mixed to create 100lb of a mixture that will sell for $ 11.25 per pound. How much of each type of bean should be used in the mixture?
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Question 54282: The price of a car was reduced to 19668. This was a 12% reduction. What was the original price?
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Question 56482: Solve.
A rental company charges $41 per day and $.33 per mile. If a truck was rented for 5 days and the total was $395.74, how far was the truck driven?
I need help setting this up. Thanks!
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Question 1116092: Parents wish to have $80000 available for school. The child is 9 years old how much money must be sta aside with a 8% compound semiannually to meet their financial goal when the child is 18?

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Question 1116089: Sweets Bakery makes fat-free cookies that cost $1.70 each to prepare. Sweets expects 20% of the cookies to be imperfect. Sweets wants a 40% markup on cost and produces 150 cookies. Assume that Sweets can sell the broken cookies for $1.60 each. What should Sweets charge for each cookie?
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Question 1116093: Katie invested a total of $4000, part at 4% simple interest and part at 5% simple interest. At the end of 1 year, the investments had earned $174 interest. How much was invested at each rate?
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Question 1116143: A large swimming pool has a perimeter of 1016 meters, this rectangular-shaped pool is 40 meters longer than 5 times it�s width. Find it�s dimensions
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Question 1116088: Wholesale Distributors sells to its contractors with a 42% markup on cost. If the selling price for cabinets is $9,182, what is the cost to contractors based on cost?
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Question 1116261: Compute the amount of money to be set aside today to ensure a future value of $3 comma 100 in one year if the interest rate is 4.5% annually, compounded annually.
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Question 1116363: susan invest 2 times as much money at 9% as she does at 6%. If her total interest after 1 year is $1440, how much does she invest at each rate?
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Question 1116387: a sum of money was invested for 2 1/2 years. In the first year,it earns 15%interest, the second yar 13% and 12% for the last half year. find the nominal rate compounded every 6 months would give the same maturity value at the end of second an half years.

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Question 1116550: Robin Hartman earns $635 per week plus 2% of sales over $6,500. Robin�s sales are $12,350. How much does Robin earn?

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Question 1116528: Rebecca put $35,000 in an education account on the day her daughter was born. If the account earned 7.75% interest compounded monthly, what was the total in the account when her daughter turned 18? Round the final answer to the nearest cent?
I can never set up an equation from a word problem please help me work through this.
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Question 1116590: Please help me solve this word problem:
Jordan is lookimg for long term investment which will triple the value of her portfolio every 14 years. What annual rate of return would be needed to accomplish this? First convert your answer to a percent. Then round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Question 1116631: Suppose a function, f(t), models the price of a stock at time t. What material in this course could be used to make money by buying and selling the stock?

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Question 1116674: A person plans to invest two times as much in an account at 55% interest as in an account at 99% annual interest. How much should the person invest in each account to earn a total of $ $570 in one year?
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Question 1116675: Anne borrows $4000 and agrees to pay $500 plus interest of 2% on the unpaid balance each month. Find the payments for the first six months and the remaining debt at the end of that period. What are the first six payments, in dollars? What is the remaining debt at the end of that period?
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Question 1116933: You have to pass a math course, a foreign language course, and a social science course in order to obtain your degree. If there are 3 math courses, 4 foreign language courses, and 2 social science courses to choose from, in how many ways can you choose your 3 required courses?
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Question 1116941: In how many ways can the new president choose a secretary of defense, offense, and a secretary on the fence from a pool of 12 candidates?
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Question 1116958: In how many ways can you unfriend 50 of your 60 virtual friends?
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Question 1116952: You can afford a monthly mortgage payment of $1,650 and can get a 15-year 5.625% loan. What is the maximum loan you can get so your payment does not exceed $1,650?
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Question 1117000: if the odds against an event are 7:5, then the probability of the event is?
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Question 1116987: You owned an organic food store lasr year. In 7 of the 12 months you made $50,000/ month, in 3 of the 12 months you lost $40,000/ month and 2 of the 12 months you broke even. What was your average monthly profit?
Please explain how you got the answer
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Question 1117004: In how many ways can four people be chosen from a group of 15 people to take out the trash after a party
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Question 1117003: In how many ways can four people be chosen from a group of 15 people to take out the trash after a party
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Question 1117007: a flag pole stands perpendicular to the ground. It is supported by a 10 yard cable that runs from the top of the flag pole to the ground a a point that is 6 yards from the base of the pole. Find the height of the flag pole
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Question 1117011: You have 3 fair coins - a nickel a dime and a quarter. You drop them on the table determine the probability that all coins land on heads
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Question 1117009: A flag pole stands perpendicular to the ground it is supported by a 10 yard cable that runs from the top of the flag pole to the ground at a point that is 6 yards from the base of the pole find the height of the flag pole
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Question 1117008: In how many ways can you have 3 fair coming a nickel a dime and a quarter you drop them on the table determine the probability that all coins land on heads
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Question 1117005: In how many ways can can four people be chosen from a group of 15 people to take out the trash after a party?
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Question 1117010: If the probably that a computer needs some repair in one year is 0.02 then the probability that this computer need to repair in one year is?
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Question 1116985: Suupose the odds agaisnt an event is 5:2
1) what are the odds in favor of this event?
2) what is the probabilty of the event?
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Question 1117001: if the probability that a computer needs some repair in one year is 0.02 then the probability that this computer needs no repair in one year is?
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Question 1116989: How much money must Andrea invest for two years in an account that earns an annual simple interest rate of 8% if she wants to earn $800 from the investment?
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Question 1116950: You are 23 years old. You want to provide income for your retirement years. You would like to receive $2,500 monthly from the time you are 65 years old until you reach the age of 90.
How much do you have to deposit each month to reach this goal? Assume that your money will earn 2.45% compounded monthly.

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