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Question 1105576: Hi
ben and tom had a total of 144 sweets.ben gave tom 1/5 of what he had. Tom the gave ben 1/4 of what he had to ben. If both had an equal number of sweets in the end, how many did each of them have at first.
Thanks
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Question 1105580: Hi
a florist sold 1/5 of the orchids and 1/3 of the roses. She had 60 roses and orchids left. She then sold another 14 roses and had 1/5 the original number left. How many roses and orchids did she have at first.
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Question 1105585: Hi
alan and bob share a sum of money. If alan gives1/4 of his share to bob, bob will have twice as much as alan. What was the ratio of alans share to bobs share at first.
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Question 1105591: Hi
jim and alice shared some marbles. 1/2 of jims were 2/3 of alices.jim gave 30 marbles to alice and now she has 40 more than jim. Jim had 5/8 left.
how many did each have at first.
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Question 1105601: four-sevenths of the students were girls. all the rest were boys.
a. what fraction of the students were boys?
b. what was the ratio of boys to girls?
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Question 1105598: thirty-five students went out for the team. this was five-eights of the students in the grade.
a. how many students in the grade?
b. what percent of the class went out for the team?
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Question 1105603: a one year subscription to the fruit of the month club costs $84. if you order each fruit by the month, it costs $9. how much is saved by ordering the year-long subscription?
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Question 1105602: eight-four thousand dollars were collected for the poor. this was four-fifths of the goal.
a. the money collected missed the goal by how much?
b. what percent of the goal was not collected?
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Question 1105646: I need help finding x and y.
The two polygons are similar.
Image: https://imgur.com/ZwWPqG9
1. Find x.

2. Find y.
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Question 1105660: Find two consecutive natural numbers such that the sum of their squares is 61
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Question 1105659: Hi
bob 3/7 of his money.john spent 1/5 of his and alan spent 1/3 of his.all of them had the same amount of money left. If the 3 of them had spent $144 , how much did each have at first.
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Question 1105657: Hi
bob spent $720 on a camera and 2/7 of his remaining salary on a watch. He still had $240 left.
how much did he spend altogether.
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Question 1105686: at what time after 4 pm will the 6 o'clock mark bisect the angle formed by the minute and the hour hand?
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Question 1105686: at what time after 4 pm will the 6 o'clock mark bisect the angle formed by the minute and the hour hand?
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Question 1105689: The length of a fence is 10 times it's height. The number of sq. ft. in the fence is equal to twice the cube of height. Determine length and height of fence.

Let l = length.
Let h = height.
l = 10h.
Not sure from here. Non-homework.
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Question 1105696: Hi
paul put some beads in jars A B C.the ratio of the number of beads in
A to B 2 to 3. The ratio of beads inB to C is2 to 1. If paul transfers
an equal number of beads from B to A and C he will have an equal number
of beads in A and B and the total of beads in C will increase to 297.
find the number of beads in all 3 jars.
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Question 1105697: Hi
a b c were waiting to start a race.c was 150m ahead of b and a was 50m behind b. At 8am they started the race.a overtook b in 2 min.in another 3 min a overtook c. If b speed was 120m/min at what time did b overtake c, assume they all ran at a constant speed throughout the race.
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Question 1105731: Hi
4000 towels are for sale.the ratio of blue to red was 2:1.the rest were white. After 1/4 of the blue towels and half of the white were sold, there were 2400 towels left. How many red and white towels were at first.
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Question 1105738: Hi
Mandy and jack had some sweets in the ratio of 5:7.after mandy gave jack some sweets the ratio that mandy had to jack was 3:21. If jack had 168 sweets at first how many sweets should he returne to mandy so that both have an equal number of sweets.
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Question 1105761: Hi
The ratio of men to women was 2:3.1/4 of the men and 1/2 of the women left the club. The number of people who remained was 24 more than the number who left. How many people were in the club at first.
my answer is 240 the textbook says 120
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Question 1105769: Hi
Cecilia gave 3/8 of her salary to her parents. She spent $120 more on a tv than the amount she had given to her parents and had $180 left.
how much did she spend on the tv.
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Question 1105832: I am really struggling with this one problem because I can�t just seem to wrap my head around it. The question is �Sam can read �k� pages in twenty minutes. In terms of �k�, how many minutes does it take for Sam to read 1 page�. Thankyou so much for your help!!
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Question 1105783: Uncle sam sells cups at a shop. For every cup he sells he collects 20% of the price of the cup. For every 10 cups he earn s an extra 5% of the cups price. A cup is sold for $8.if he collects $86.80 how many cups did he sell.
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Question 1105852: Can someone please help me with this. this problem is extremely confusing.

Image: https://imgur.com/eLsm3vR
Find the area. The figure is not drawn to scale.
Select one:
a. 188 in.2
b. 278 in.2
c. 322 in.2
d. none of the above
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Question 1105861: Hi
80 percent of the books in a box are 2nd hand books and the rest are new. 10 percent of the new and 60 percent of the 2nd hand are english and the rest are chinese. After another 15 english books are added the ratio of English to Chinese is 3 to 2.
how many english books are there at first.
What is the total number of books in the end.
Thanks

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Question 1105896: The formula h = k(1 + 1/273 t) is used in the study of heat. Solve for k.
Not sure how to proceed. Non-homework.

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Question 1105896: The formula h = k(1 + 1/273 t) is used in the study of heat. Solve for k.
Not sure how to proceed. Non-homework.

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Question 1105898: Larry can spend at most $2800 to renovate his home. One roll of wallpaper costs $35, and one can of paint costs $40. He needs at least 20 rolls of wallpaper and at least 30 cans of paint. Identify the graph that shows all possible combinations of wallpaper and paint that he can buy. Also identify two possible combinations
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Question 1105899: An aircraft flies the wind a distance of 768km in 4 hours. It returns with the wind in 3 hours.Assuming the speeds of the wind and aircraft are the same for both journeys,find;
a)the speed of the aircraft when there is no wind.
b)the speed of the wind
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Question 1105933: Solve the following application problem.
What would be the formula if the Farm Agency could use the letters A, B, C, and blank spaces?

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Question 1105916: Tom sells wraps and sandwiches out of lunch truck. To stay in business, he must sell at least 10 wraps and 30 sandwiches each day. The space in his truck is limited, so he can make no more than 40 wraps and 70 sandwiches each day. He also can�t accommodate more than 90 orders in a single day. Write a system of inequalities for this situation.

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Question 1105935: I need help on checking the statements, which ones apply and which do not.
Image: https://imgur.com/Q2Vy67e

3. Six congruent square pavers are arranged as a walkway through a garden as seen below. The diagonal connecting two of these pavers is 15 inches.

Check all that apply.
 The length of one side of a square is 5 sqrt 3 inches.
 The perimeter of one square is 75 inches.
 The area of one square is 225 square inches.
 The area of the entire L shaped path is 450 square inches.
 The perimeter of the entire path is 60 sqrt 3 inches.

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Question 1105951: If four clerks could copy a report of twenty four pages in three days, how many days would it take for six clerks to copy a report of thirty six pages?
Unsure how to continue. Non-homework.
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Question 1105950: Hi
in January joyce kept 80 percent of her salary of which she then gave 1/5 to her mum and saved the rest. The rest of her money was spent on food. In February she gave her mum 150 dollars more than the amount she had given in January. The amount given to her mum was then equal to the amount she saved. She spent the same amount on food in January and February.
What was her salary.
Book says 625 dollars I calculated 375 dollars.
thanks
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Question 1105934: Can someone please help with this, I don't have much experience with geometry so im not sure on how to answer the questions.
Use the diagram below shows two similar quadrilaterals.
Diagram: https://imgur.com/oLxvCKm
Check all that apply:
1: the scale factor of PQRS to JKLM is 4/5
: the Scale factor of JKLM to PQRS is 4/5
2: the value of W is 20
3: the value of X is 12
4: the value of Y is 20
5: the perimeter of JKLM is 72
6: the perimeter of PQRS is 58
7: the Ratio of the perimeters of PQRS to JKLM is 4/5
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Question 1105963: Hi
jeremy and alicia had a total 360 dollars. Jeremy had 24 dollars more than alicia. Alicia spent 3 times as much as Jeremy and was left with 50 percent of the amount of money Jeremy had left.
how much had Jeremy left.
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Question 1105967: A person spends 30% of his income on gold schemes and 15% of income on children education.The remaining income he spends on domestic and paying bills in the ratio of 5:3.If he spends on bills amount rs 96000.Then find the amount he invested in gold schemes?
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Question 1105999: One vegetable warehouse had 210 tons of potatoes, another one had 180 tons. 90 tons of potatoes were delivered to the first warehouse every day and 120 tons to the second warehouse. In how many days will the first warehouse have 1.2 times less potatoes than the second warehouse?
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Question 1106023: kendra is using 27 blue patches and some white patches to make a quilt. The quilt has a total area of 540 square inches. EAch patch has an area of 5 square inches. How much of the area of the quilt is white? Explain.
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Question 1106056: a = nt + b / n (the right side is divided by n).

an = n^2 * tn + bn

Not sure. Non-homework.
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