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Question 823655: what percent of 25 is 65?
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Question 823675: a lunch check was to be divided equally among 8 people. However, one person said that he had forgotten to bring any money so the other 7 people had to pay an additional $0.8. Find the total amount of the check
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Question 823695: A prize of
$900 is to be shared between a
certain number of people. If
there were two more people in
the group the prize money each
person received would be
reduced by $75. How many
persons were in the original
group?
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Question 823709: in 4 years Rs. 6000 amounts to Rs.8000.in what time will Rs. 525 amounts to 700 at the same ratte

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Question 823747: Gabe Amodeo,a nuclear physicist, needs 50 liters of a 60% acid solution. he currently has a 20% solution and a 70% solution. how many liters of each does he need to make the needed 50 liters of 60% acid solution?
Gabe needs? liters of the 20% solution.

He also needs? liters of the 70% solution.
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Question 823752: Tina sold a house for $250,000 she received a commission of 2.5% how much did she earn on that real estate transaction?
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Question 823757: Two high speed trains are 270 miles apart and traveling toward each other. they meet in 2 hours. if one train's speed is 10 miles per hour faster than the other, find the speed of each train
The speed of the slower train is? mph. (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

the speed of the faster train is? mph. (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
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Question 823743: two high speed trains are 270 miles apart and traveling toward each other. they meet in 2 hours. if one trains speed is 10 miles per hour faster than the other, find the speed of each train
the speed of the slower train is? mph. (Round to two decimal places as needed.)

the speed of the faster train is? mph. (Round to two decimal places as needed.)
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Question 823750: Jim began a 171-mile bicycle trip to build up stamina for a triathlete competition. unfortunately, his bicycle chain broke, so he finished the trip walking. the whole trip took 7 hours. if Jim walks at a rate of 4 miles per hour and rides at 30 miles per hour, find the amount of time he spent on the bicycle.
Jim rode for? hours.
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Question 823793: Rosie is buying flowers for her garden. Petunias cost $4.00 per pot and violets cost $5.00 per pot. She buys 21 pots and the total cost is $91.00. How many of each kind of flower did she buy?
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Question 823827: The left and right page numbers of an open book are two consecutive integers whose sum is 281. find these page numbers
The smaller page number is?

the larger page number is?
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Question 823790: What is the annual interest rate on an $8,000 loan if the interest payments are $80 per quarter on the full amount
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Question 823599: He bought a card for 3.34. He gave the clerk 4.00. What are the possible combinations of coins he could receive in change?
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Question 823896: an object is dropped from 38 feet below the tip of the pinnacle atop a 362-ft tall building. the height h of the object after t seconds is given by the equation h= -16t^2+324. find how many seconds pass before the object reaches the ground
? seconds pass before the object reaches the ground

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Question 823899: one leg of a right triangle is 3 millimeters shorter than the longer leg and the hypotenuse is 3 millimeters longer than the longer leg. find the lengths of the sides of the triangle.
The length of the longer leg is? millimeters
The length of the shorter leg is? millimeters
The length of the hypotenuse is? millimeters

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Question 823890: a 15 percent increase in the price of the saree is rs 135 what is the original price of the saree
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Question 823888: a 7 percent interest on the sum of the money is rs 217 what is sum invested
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Question 823963: at the beginning of summer molly decided to add a little monet into her savings account every week. After 7 weeks her account had $175. Assume that she put the same amount of money into her account every week and will continue to do so.
Write an expression, define a variable for the number of weeks since she begin saving and use this variable to write a rule for the amount of money in her account.
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Question 823961: Norman and suzanne own 37 shares of a fast food restaurant stock and 71 shares of a toy company stock. At the close of the markets on a particular day in 2004, their stock portfolio consisting of these two stocks was worth $1664.00. The closing price of the fast food restaurant stock was $26 more per share than the closing price of the toy company stock on that day. what was the closing price of each stock on that day?
The price per share of the fast food restaurant stock is $?
The price per share of the toy company stock is $?
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Question 824006: You want to buy a CD that costs $18.50. The sales-tax rate in your state is 4.5 percent. How much sales tax will you pay for this CD?
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Question 824100: John had $ 30,000 to invest. He invested part of this money in bonds paying 12% annual simple interest and the rest of the money in savings account giving 4% annual interest. At the end of the year, he received $2,400 as extra income. How much money did John place in each investment?
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Question 824239: $3,000 with 2.5% daily interest for 29 years equals?
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Question 824282: A book store can purchase several calculators for a total cost of $120. If each calculator cost $1 less, the bookstore could purchase 10 additional calculators at the same total cost. How many calculators can be purchased at the regular price?
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Question 824289: Angela borrowed $16200.00 for 5 years and earned $1928.00 in interest. What was the rate of Angela�s loan?
Use the formula r=frac(I,P×t).
Leave your answer in percentage form rounded to two decimal place
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Question 824285: Find the account balance if the account starts with Php 100, has an annual rate of 4%, and the money left in the account for 12 years.
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Question 824337: An inheritance of $290,000 is to be divided among Chris, Kelly, and Julie in the following manner: Kelly is to receive 2/3 of what Chris gets, while Julie gets 3/4 of what Chris gets. How much does Kelly receive?
multiple choice:
$40,000
$80,000
$90,000
$120,000
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Question 824329: Mr. King purchased 35 new cars at $15,000 each. He sold 20% of them for $19,000 each and the remainder for $21,000. What was his profit
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Question 824443: sarah earn a 35% commission on her computer sales. If she earned a $600.00 commission on a sale of a new system, what was the price of the system?
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Question 824502: Solve the problem.
The Family Arts Center charges $22 for adults, $17 for senior citizens, and $10 for children under 12 for their live performances on Sunday afternoon. This past Sunday, the paid revenue was $11,820 for 740 tickets sold. There were 46 more children than adults. How many children attended?
Answers:
A) 265 children
B) 219 children
C) 255 children
D) 256 children
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Question 824501: Solve the problem.
A company has sales (measured in millions of dollars) of 50, 60, and 75 during the first three consecutive years. Find a quadratic function that fits these data, and use the result to predict the sales during the fourth year. Assume that the quadratic function is of the form y = ax^2 + bx + c
Answers:
A) y = (15/2)^x2 - (25/2)x + (325/4); sales during the fourth year = $151.25 million
B) y = -5x^2 + 40x +15; sales during the fourth year = $95 million
C) y = (5/2)x^2 + (5/2)x + 45; sales during the fourth year = $95 million
D) y = 5x^2 + 5x + 40; sales during the fourth year = $180 million

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Question 824557: John receives $300 for his birthday. He buys 5 DVDs at $13.95 each. Sales tax is 6.5%. How much birthday money does he have left?

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Question 824645: if 3 of us split a �3.00 meal how much of it do I have to pay
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Question 824662: A moving company changes $40 plus $0.25 per mile to rent a van. another company charges $25 plus 0.35 per mile to rent the same van. For what number of miles will the rental cost be the same for both companies
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Question 824630: [ Alicia spent $8.25 or 15% of her paycheck. How much was she paid? ]
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Question 823360: Jessica has a part-time job at the water park. She makes between $60.44 and $70.68 a day.
Which of the following is a reasonable amount of money Jessica makes for working 8 days?
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Question 823834: A company uses 6% of their budget for advertising. If the amount is $540 what is the total budget of the company?
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Question 825088: (1) The total cost of 12kg of apples and 24kg of oranges is #2160, and the total cost of 24kg of apples and 12kg of oranges is #1800. Find the total cost of 3kg of apple and 10kg of oranges.
(2) A man's income from interest is #500. He doubles his investment and also gets an increase of 5% in wages And his Income increases to #800. What was his original income separating in terms of interest(I) and wages(W)
(3) A student scores 5x marks In the first exam papers and x+10 marks in the second. He came second in the exam. The first student scoring a total of 118 marks. Find the range of value of x.

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Question 825121: John had $30,000 to invest. He invested part of this money in bonds paying 12% annual simple interest and the rest of the money in a savings account giving 4% annual interest. At the end of the year, he received $2,400 as extra income. How much money did John place in each investment?
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Question 825206: Jason wants to buy a mountain bike that costs $350. He has already saved $105. What is the percent of the total cost has he saved?

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Question 825213: Find the monthly mortgage payments on the following mortgage loans using either your calculator or the table in Exhibit 5.5
a. $90,000 at 6.5% for 30 years
b. $125,000 at 5.5% for 20 years
c. $97,500 at 5% for 15 years

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Question 825152: the price of a toy including 5% sales tex is rp.945.. find the orignal price of the toy ?
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Question 825207: Every day, school bus carries 40 students to and from school. Fifteen of the students live more than 10 miles from the school. What percent of the students live more than 10 miles from school?
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Question 825143: Mr Barber owns a $20,000 government bond that pays interest at an annual rate of 8 percent. How many dollars will he receive as a quarterly interest payment?
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