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Question 1083452: David offers rides on his space adventure machine at 5 dollars per person. The ride includes souvenir 3-D glasses for each rider that cost David $2.00 per pair. Each ride can only hold 3 people. If the electricity to run the ride once costs David $2.00, how many rides must he give to make $70 after all his expenses?
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Question 1083384: The number of grams of a certain radioactive substance present at time t is given by the formula A=200e^-0.005t, where t is the number of years. Find the number of grams that are present at time t=0 and at time t=800
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Question 1083458: Identify as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of increase or decrease. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Original: 170
New: 120
____%
Is it increasing or decreasing?
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Question 1083455: A woman owns stock valued at $2500. One day the stock drops by 6%, and then gains the same percentage back the next day. How much money is the stock valued at the end of the second day?
$____

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Question 1083523: Four wheels have the following dimensions:
A: 10 ft. in circumference.
B: 20 ft.
C: 30 ft.
D: 40 ft.
Each has a red mark on a spoke at the top of wheel. Determine distance each will turn until the red mark is at the same position at the beginning.
Unsure how to continue. Non-homework.
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Question 1083563: Identify as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of increase or decrease. If necessary, round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Original: 170
New: 120

_____% Decrease or Increase?
I put down 50% Since 170-120, but was told it was wrong. Can I get some help?
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Question 1083566: The U.S. Weather Bureau has a station on Mauna Loa in Hawaii that has measured carbon dioxide levels since 1959. At that time, there were 328 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 2017, the figure is 414 parts per million. Find the increase in carbon dioxide levels and the percent of increase, to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Increase carbon dioxide levels:_____ parts per million
Percent increase:______%
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So obviously I have 328ppm in 1959 and then this increased to 414ppm in 2017. However, do I just set this up as (414-328) divided by 414 and then times that by 100? Is that all I have to do?
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Question 1083454: The U.S. Weather Bureau has a station on Mauna Loa in Hawaii that has measured carbon dioxide levels since 1959. At that time, there were 328 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In 2017, the figure is 414 parts per million. Find the increase in carbon dioxide levels and the percent of increase, to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Increase carbon dioxide levels:_____ parts per million
Percent increase:______%
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Question 1083589: write a word phrase for the expression. then simplify. Sam worked three days in a row. he made w amount of hamburgers, but he accidentally threw one away. If w=26
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Question 1083676: Sally's Super Spatula Store sold 1,800 spatulas in the month of September. In the month of October they increased their sales by 306 spatulas. By what percent did they increase their monthly sales of spatulas from September to October? If necessary, round your answer to the nearest whole percent.
The store had a_____ % increased from September to October.
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Question 1083680: Over the past several months, a town�s rabbit population has been increasing at a rate of 66% per month. If the city�s current rabbit population is 4,293 , then what was the town�s rabbit population a month ago?
The town�s rabbit population a month ago was ____rabbits.
*Round the answer to the nearest whole rabbit.
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Question 1083675: In state tuition at a local college was $3619 last year. This year the tuition will be $5369. What is the percent increase of tuition? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

____%
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Question 1083683: Explain how to compute a percentage increase or decrease, as though you were explaining it to a student who had missed class.
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Question 1083674: In 2014, the median salary nationwide for a high school teacher was $56,310 per year. The median annual wage for all workers was $35,540.
SOURCE: United States. Department of Labor. "High School Teachers." Occupational Outlook Handbook. 17 Dec. 2015. Web. 7 March 2016.
Suppose a worker makes $35,000 in wages per year. Find the percent increase in salary the worker can expect if he trains to be a teacher and can expect to earn a salary of $49,000. Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

%
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Question 1083782: A 17' by 10' rectangular garden is divided into 4 parts. 2 parts have equal areas, the 3rd is twice as large as each of the first 2, and the 4th part's area is 20 sq. ft. than each of the first 2. Determine area of each of the 4 parts.

Total area = 170 sq. ft.

4 parts are A, B, C, D.
A = B.
C = 2A, 2B.

D = A + 20, B + 20.
Not sure how to continue. Non-homework.
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Question 1083779: Mike has a credit card balance of $4000. The credit card company charges 19% per annum simple interest. What is the interest charge on Mike's credit card after 1 month?

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Question 1083780: Two cars traveling toward each other are 315 miles apart. Car A is traveling 35 miles per hour faster than car B. The cars pass after 3 hours. How fast is each car traveling?
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Question 1083778: Car X weighs 141 pounds more than car Z. Car Y weighs 116 pounds more than car Z. The total weight of all three cars is 9434 pounds. How much does each car weigh?
Car X weighs ___ lbs.
Car Y weighs ___ lbs.
Car Z weighs ___ lbs.
Simplify your answers.
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Question 1083827: Every evening, Mrs.Jackson walks around her neighborhood for a distance of about 1.25 miles. The walk usually takes her about 25 minutes. About how fast does she walk?
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Question 1083800: Q5. A basket have 3 bananas and 5 apples. Find the probability through binomial distribution for getting 2 apples.
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Question 1083802: Mr. Rayan deposit an amount of Rs. 500000 in NIB. Bank offer interest rate at the rate of 6% for 5 years. Calculate simple interest value.
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Question 1083801: Mr. Ali take a loan of Rs. 1000000 from BALH. Bank charge compound interest at the rate of 10% for 6 years. Calculate interest value?
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Question 1084019: The length of a new rectangular playing field is 5

yards longer than quadruple

the width. If the perimeter of the rectangular playing field is 460

yards, what are its dimensions?
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Question 1084130: IF THE CONVEYOR MOVED 500 FT PER MIN AND WAS WORKED 5 DAYS FOR 4 HOURS A DAY HOW MUCH FEET IN TOTAL
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Question 1084130: IF THE CONVEYOR MOVED 500 FT PER MIN AND WAS WORKED 5 DAYS FOR 4 HOURS A DAY HOW MUCH FEET IN TOTAL
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Question 1084255: A rectangular field, 9893 ft. in length and 8047 ft. in width, is enclosed by a fence, 6 boards high. The boards are of the longest possible equal length. Determine total number of boards.
Area of field: 79608971 sq. ft.
Unsure how to continue. Non-homework. Thanks.
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Question 1084379: On Monday, 12 people working together finished a task in 3 hours. On Tuesday, the task had to be repeated, but some of the 12 people were gone. If the task was completed in 4 hours, how many people were gone?
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Question 1084401: A roll of paper has an external diameter of 3' and internal diameter of 8". The paper is .005" thick. Determine length of paper.
Answer given: 16130 ft.
My attempt:
Volume of hollow cylinder: pi(R + r)(R - r) R = larger radius, r = smaller radius.
Let l = length.
l * .005 = pi(18 + 4)(18 - 4)
l = pi / .005 = pi(18 + 4)(18 - 4)
l = pi(18 + 4)(18 - 4) / .005
l = pi(324 - 72 + 72 - 16) / .005
l = pi(308 / .005)
l = pi * 61600
l = 193522.96 = 193523 in. = 16126.9166 = 16127 ft.
Where am I incorrect? Non-homework.

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Question 1084437: In 2013, a local Dairy Queen had$550,000 in sales. In 2014, Dairy Queen's sales were up 35%. What were Dairy Queen's sales in 2014?
$5550,000*35%=
$550.000*.35=
$19,250,000.00
Is this right?
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Question 1084443: Massachuttes has a 50% sales tax. Timothy bought a Toro lawn mower and paid $20.00 sales tax. What was the cost of the lawn mower before the tax?

20.00 x.50=1,000.00
1,000.00 - 20.00= $980.00
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Question 1084452: Spaz earns $8.65 an hour working at a Coney Island Restaurant. He gets a 5.4% raise. What is his newly hourly wage?

$8.65 * 5.4%= 0.46710
$8.65 + 0.47= $9.12

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Question 1084456: Keisha goes to the mall and buys a fake coach purse for $50.00. The purse was 20% off. What was the original price of the purse?
50*20=10
50-10=40
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Question 1084561: I have to find x and y. X and Y have to be the same number, but they'll equal those numbers.
x+y=12
x-y=9
x�y=36
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Question 1084537: The Smith family and the Allen family each used their sprinklers last summer. The Smith family's sprinkler was used for
35
hours. The Allen family's sprinkler was used for
20
hours. There was a combined total output of
1000L
of water. What was the water output rate for each sprinkler if the sum of the two rates was
35L
per hour?
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Question 1084605: Please write the following as an equation then solve
The sum of 5 times a number, and 5, is equal to 4 times the number.
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Question 1084636: The amount of water used take a shower is directly proportional to the amount of time the shower is in use . A shower lasting 18 minutes requires 9 gallons of water. Find the amount of water used in a shower lasting 6 minutes
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Question 1084656: A passenger on a bus pays the fare for herself and four children. The peak fare for an adult is $50.00, and the peak fare for each child is $25.00. How much is the total peak fare? The off peak fares are $5.00 less per ticket.how much is the total off peak fare?
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Question 1084708: a total of 364 tickets were sold for the school play. They were either adult or student tickets. THe number of student tickets sold was 3 times the number of adult tickets sold. How many adult tickets were sold?
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Question 1084759: Farmer Brown had ducks and cows. one day she noticed that the animals had a total of 15 heads and 48 feet. how many cows does Brown have?
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Question 1084840: During a training session I sprinted 100 meters in 10 seconds. What is my average speed over the entire distance in km/h?
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Question 1084971: At the hardware store you buy a 50-kilogram bag of sand and 1.25 kg of nails.� What is the total weight of your purchases?
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Question 1084967: Fred is twice as old as Bob.
Kim is 2 years older than Bob.
Jane is 5/4 as old as Kim.
Tim is one fourth as old as Jane.
Vanessa is four years older than Tim.
Miguel is 3 years younger than Vanessa.
Phillip is 3 times as old as Miguel.
Phillip's wife is 3 years younger than he is.
Phillip's son's age is one fifth of Phillip's wife.
His daughter is one third the age of his son.
Fred is 60.

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