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Question 821089: if $3000 is invested at 7% for 6 months, how much simple interest is earned?
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Question 821093: If you drive 126 miles on 10.5 gallons of gas, what is the simplified ratio of miles to gallons?
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Question 821371: $ 300 dollars is shared among three girls. Paula gets $20 more than Sita who gets $20 more than Jean. How much does Jean get?
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Question 821418: Alexandra, Ethan, and Sarah spent $1,341 to buy their dad a computer. The three of them used their savings to pay for the computer. Ethan paid $180 more than Alexandra. Alexandra paid $342 less than Sarah. How much did Sarah pay?
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Question 821436: Jeffrey opens his wallet to buy his fianc� Susan dinner. In his wallet, he notices he had only $5 and $10 dollar bills. The total value of the money is $505. If there is a total of 63 bills, hoe many of each type are there ?
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Question 821518: Demarcus has $30, and Liu has $14. Demarcus is saving $4 per day, and Liu is saving $6 per day. After how many days will Demarcus and Liu have the same amount of money?
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Question 821552: How much commission does someone earn for sales of 1,750

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Question 821514: joe has $1000 to spend on a new dining room table and chairs. If the sales tax is 8% how much can he afford to spend on the table and chairs?
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Question 821717: How can I use polynomials to find out my annual salary if I have a BA?
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Question 821872: Find an equation of the line passing through the pair of points. Write the equation in the form Ax+By=C
(-5,6) (-6,-7)
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Question 821935: Jose bought a shirt and a sweater for a total of $74. The price on the sweater was $8 more than twice the price of the shirt. What was the price of the shirt? Sweater?
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Question 821966: How do I write the function for 850 x3.5% increase each year?

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Question 822002: If I make $300 weekly, and have a 6% pay raise plus $12 for traveling costs, how much of an increase will I receive?
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Question 822189: the boss gives all of is employees a 7% pay rise. paul used to earn �9 an hour

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Question 822268: Can you solve this problem please? A credit union client deposits $700 in an account earning 2.5% interest, compounded quarterly. What will the balance of the account be at the end of 15 years?
Enter the answer in dollars and cents, and round to the nearest cent, if needed
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Question 822297: I wanted to Know if you couLd help With my arithmitic reasoning with any tips or strategies on finding the answer because i am currently traying or in process of joining the USCoat Guard but i need to pass the ASVAB so can you help me please ?
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Question 822342: the sales tax on an item selling for $20 is 3%. what is the total cost?
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Question 822467: you invested some money into an account with fixed percent interest compound annually after 3 years your investment was worth $3275.29 after 5 years $3680.12 what is the annual interest rate? and what was the original amount invested? How many years will it take to double?
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Question 822446: Egbert invested $5,000 for one year, part at 9% annual interest and the rest at 12% annual interest. The interest at 9% earned $198 more than the interest from the investment at 12%. How much was invested at 9%?

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Question 822462: john makes $4 more than three times the amount Josh makes. if josh makes $50, how much does josh makes
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Question 822458: Olivia has equal numbers of nickles, dimes, quarters. their total value is $2.00. how many of each kind of coin does she have?
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Question 822515: large pizzas cost $12.50 and small pizzas cost$9.00. Liam ordered 4 more large pizzas than small pizzas and the bill came to $415.50. How many of each type of pizza did Liam order?
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Question 822524: Large pizzas cost $12.50 and the small pizzas cost $9.00. Liam ordered 4 more large pizzas than small pizzas and the bill came to $415.50. How many of each type of pizza did Liam order? ( but it's for. Grade nine math and so it needs let statements and can only have 1 variable)

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Question 822525: Jane is sorting through a stack of 46 bills from a day of sales. She must sort through $240 worth of sales. All of the bills are either $5 or $10. How many of each type of bill are there?
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Question 822459: a box contains 140 dimes and nickels. the total value is $11.15 how many dimes and nickels are there?
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Question 822618: Sara opens a bank account with $200. The account accrues 2% interest compounded annually.
How much money, to the nearest cent, will she have in her account at the end of 3 years? (Use the formula
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Question 822493: what principal invested at 7% compounded continuously for 2 years will yeild $570?

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Question 822506: Jim Marino invested 1500 in a savings account that earns 4% interest compounded quarterly. Use the compound interest formula A= (1+r/n)^nt to determine the amount in Jim's account after 5 years.
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Question 822782: There were 28,000 people at a ball game in Los Angeles. The day's pay receipts were $154,000. How many people paid $11 for reserved seats and how many paid $4 for general admission?
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Question 822832: The church's goal for the fundraiser was 18,000. They exceeded the goal by 8%. how money did the church raise
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Question 823169: How long will it take for 1000 to double, in an investment, when interest is compounded monthly at the rate of 5.8% per year?
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Question 823248: Ally has $30 more than Carl. If they each had $7 less, the sum of their money would be equal to what Ally has now. How much money does Carl have?
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Question 823371: If 25 CDs cost $160.00 how much does each cd cost?
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Question 823371: If 25 CDs cost $160.00 how much does each cd cost?
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Question 823502: The cost of an international phone call lasting 3 minutes 30 seconds was Rs 63.000.
At this rate, what was the cost of a call lasting 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Question 823534: Frances left a 23% tip on his meal. Including the tip, the bill cost $61.50. How much was the cost of the meal before the tip?
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Question 823536: The Jurassic zoo charges $9 for each adult admission and $5 for each child. The total bill for the 138 people from a school trip was $786. How many adults and how many children went to the zoo?
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Question 823538: john deposited 2500 in a saving account that pays 4.75% interest compounded quaterly. What will be the total of money in the account 15 years from the day of deposit?

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Question 823541: A chemist needs to prepare 32 ounces of a 14% hydrochloric acid solution. Find the amount of 16% solution and the amount of 8% solution he should mix to get this solution.
I am so confused!
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Question 823539: A parking meter contains nickels and quarters worth $10.95. There are 67 coins in all. Find how many of each there are
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Question 823560: Jenny has paid 1/4 of her car loan. So far she has paid $900. What was the total amount of the loan?
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Question 823612: 4. Ike opened a savings account with a deposit of $4,000. Three years later, he had earned a total of $480 in simple interest.
If he made no additional deposits, what was the annual interest rate on his account?

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Question 823658: find the simple interest.

principal Rate Time
$700 8% 2 years
The interest is $=
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