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Question 906416: Maria had D dollars to invest. She split the money into two accounts. In one of the accounts, she invested $3000. Write an expression that represents how much she invested in the other account.
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Question 906429: Mrs. Garcia invests a total of $7214 into two savings accounts. One account yields 8.5% simple interest and the other 9.5% simple interest. She would like to find the amount placed in each account if a total of $624.13 in interest is received after one year. Write a system of linear equations to express this
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Question 906402: If a ball is thrown upward with a speed of 24 feet per second, then t seconds later its height h is
h(t) = 24t − 16t^2
(a) If she increases her price by x dollars, then her price will be ____ dollars, her number of sales for the day will be ____ necklaces, and her cost to produce the necklaces for a day will be ____ dollars.
(b) Write her profit P as a function of the number x of dollar increases in price:
P(x) = ____

(b) What price (to the nearest cent) should she set for the necklaces to maximize her profit?
$ ____
(c) What is the maximum profit (to the nearest cent)?
$ ____
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Question 905606: A married couple file a joint return and have taxable income of $60,000. What is the amount of their income tax?
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Question 906408: how much will you have in 36 months if you invest 75$ a month at 10% yearly annual
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Question 906267: A boy is x inches tall now, if his height increased by 10% a year. Which of the following expressions represents his height three years from now?( answer is 1.331x show your solution)
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Question 906445: Pedro has 209 mango trees and star apple trees.If he had 23 more mangoes and 18 fewer star apple trees,the number of mango trees would equal the number of star apple trees. How many mango trees does he have?( answer is 84 show your solution)
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Question 906473: Which is an equation for the given word problem?

After Joan withdrew $45.00 from her checking account, her balance is $32.50.

Which equation can be used to find the amount, n, in her account before she made the withdrawal?

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Question 906520: A total of $25,000 is invested in two funds paying 6% and 6.5% simple interest. The annual interest is $1555. How much is invested in each fund?
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Question 906454: A total of 1,025 tickets were sold for a game for a total of $1,250. If adult tickets sold for $2.00 and children's tickets sold for $1.00, how many of each kind of ticket were sold?
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Question 906555: Mrs.Santos invests P21,000 at 8% interest rate.How much more must he invest at 9 1/2% interest to have an annual income of 9% of his total investments? (answer is P42,000 show your solution)
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Question 906090: The members of a club agreed to raise P150,000 for charity but 25 of them failed to pay their shares. As a result, each of the others had to pay P500 more. How many members has this club?
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Question 906624: what is 13/24+5/36
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Question 906628: Two accounts are opened at the same time. You deposit 1300 dollars into the first account, which earns interest at an effective rate of 5.5 percent. At the same time, you deposit 230 dollars into the second account, which earns an effective rate of 11.7 percent. How long will it take for the balance in the first account to be exactly twice the balance in the second account?
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Question 906668: A boy is x inches tall now, if his height increased by 10% a year. Which of the following expressions represents his height three years from now?( answer is 1.331x show your solution)
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Question 906670: Susan Marciano invested part of her $23,000 bonus in a fund that paid 10% profit and invested the rest in stock that suffered a 3% loss. find the amount of each investment if her overall net profit was $2,040.
what's the amount invested at10%? whats the amount invested in stock is?
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Question 906701: ashley buys 3 items that cost d dollars each when she pays the cashier for the items she receives $8 in change write an expression that represents the amount of money ashley gave the cashier
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Question 906556: At present, the number of government personnel in NCR is estimated at 450,000. If it gains 2.3% of this number by accession and loses 1.2% of this number by separation regularly each year for 5 years. How many government personnel are there in NCR at the end of the period? ( answer is 474,750 show your solution )
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Question 906720: You wish to invest $800 over one year in two accounts paying 5% and 6% annually. How much should you invest in each to earn $43?
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Question 906707: Tom bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost
$350 more than the desktop. He paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was 6.5% per year, and for the laptop it was 9% per year. The total finance charges for one year were$388. How much did each computer cost before finance charges?
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Question 906266: Pedro has 209 mango trees and star apple trees.If he had 23 more mangoes and 18 fewer star apple trees,the number of mango trees would equal the number of star apple trees. How many mango trees does he have?( answer is 84 show your solution)
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Question 906847: At present, the number of government personnel in NCR is estimated at 450,000. If it gains 2.3% of this number by accession and loses 1.2% of this number by separation regularly each year for 5 years. How many government personnel are there in NCR at the end of the period? ( answer is 474,750 show your solution )
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Question 906890: Beth C. Day lived 63 years from 18tu to 18ut. The sum of tu and ut is 11. In what year was Beth C. Day born? (answer is 1829 show your solution)
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Question 906798: At present, the number of government personnel in NCR is estimated at 450,000. If it gains 2.3% of this number by accession and loses 1.2% of this number by separation regularly each year for 5 years. How many government personnel are there in NCR at the end of the period? ( answer is 474,750 show your solution )
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Question 906959: a $5000 investment at an annual simple interest rate of 5.2% earned as much interest after one year as another investment in an account that earned 6.5% annual simple interest. How much was invested at 6.5%?

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Question 907110: An investment earns 9% compounded continuously. What amount should be invested now to have $14000 in 9 years. Round to the nearest cent.
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Question 907226: You are starting a business selling boxes of hand-painted greeting cards. To get started, you spend $36 on paint and paintbrushes that you need. You buy boxes of plain cards for $3.50 per box, paint the cards, and then sell them for $5 per box.
How many boxes must you sell for your revenue to equal your expenses? What will your expenses equal when you break even?
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Question 907237: solve the equation:
(25/9) x+1=(3/5) x-1

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Question 907360: 2. Peter has had a pay rise of 4%. If he earned $450 per week...
- how much more will Peter earn per week?
- How much does Peter earn in total now per week?
- How much does Peter earn per year now
- What percentage increase has Peter earned per year?
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Question 907375: Homer bought some CDs for $4 each and sold all but twelve of them for $8. If he made a $400 profit, how many CDs did he buy?

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Question 907389: A coin collector has $2.40 in dimes and nickels. She has six more dimes than nickels. How many nickles does she have?
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Question 907524: you invested $25,000 in two accounts paying 7% and 9% annual interest,respectively. If the total interest earned for the year was $1770 how much was invested at each rate?
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Question 907460: If $7,000.00 is invested in a bank that pays 5% interest, how much more must be invested in bonds at 9% to earn 7% on the total investment?
To earn 7% on the total investment, $______ more must be invested in bonds at 9%.
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Question 907477: Suppose you invest $15000 at 6%. How much additional money should you invest at 4% to produce a yield of 5.5% on the entire amount invested?

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Question 907625: A total of $6000 is invested: part at 9% and the remainder at 14%. How much is invested at each rate if the annual interest is $740?
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Question 907674: John had $30,000. He invested part of his money in bonds paying 12% annual simple interest and the rest into a savings account giving 4% annual interest. At the end of the year he received $2,400 as extra income. How much did John place in each investment?
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Question 907647: Michael invested his savings in two investment funds. The amount he invested in Fund A was $3000
less than the amount he invested in Fund B. Fund A returned a 8%
profit and Fund B returned a 6%
profit. How much did he invest in Fund B, if the total profit from the two funds together was $1160?
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Question 907684: How much money should you deposit into a certificate of deposit that pays 3 % a year compounded continuously to have dollar-sign 80,000 in the account in 18 years?
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Question 907694: How much money should be put in a savings account now that earns 6.0% a year compounded weekly if you want to have dollar-sign 50,000 in 15 years?
Round your answer to two decimal places.
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Question 907822: Hello, Please help I am getting numbers that are very close if I round up to the nearest cent like my homework states.
Which pizza is the better buy?
Small: 10 inches, $8.49 Large: 15 inches, $19.99
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Question 907620: If i invested 10,000 between two stocks, after a year returns were 6% and 5.75%, and total return received was 588.75, how much did i invest in each stock?
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Question 907917: Tom invested his savings in two investment funds. The amount he invested in Fund A was $8000 less than the amount he invested in Fund B. Fund A returned a
3% profit and Fund B returned a 6% profit. How much did he invest in Fund A, if the total profit from the two funds together was $1830
?
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Question 908039: On two investments totaling $8,000, Lydia lost 4% on one and earned 6% on the other. If her net annual receipts were $400, how much was each investment?
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