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Question 1135499: Challoney cleared out her inventory of fewer than 500 chocolate bars by
putting them on sale for some whole number of cents less than their
original price of 50 cents each. She sold everything for $31.93. What was
the new price? Explain your solution please.
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Question 1135516: Two smugglers, Bill Bogus and Sally Seadog, have set up signal lights that flash continuously across the ocean. Bill’s light flashes every
5 seconds
5 seconds
and Sally’s light flashes every
4 seconds
4 seconds
. If they both start together, how long will it take for both lights to flash again at the same time?
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Question 1135529: Lisa and Beverly had just $5 to spend on a snack. They could have bought 2 hamburgers and 1 carton of milk with no change back or 1 hamburger and two cartons of milk with 40 cents change back. How much does a carton of milk cost?

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Question 1135557: Hello,
I am having trouble with the following question:
Suppose you have $1,000 to invest. You can either invest in a CD that yields an 8% simple interest, or in a CD that yields a 6% interest if compounded quarterly. Which investment will yield a greater return at the end of one year. Show work to prove your answer.
I believe it would be 6% compounded but I'm not sure how to prove it.
Thank you so much in advance!
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Question 1135576: Joshua paid $26.50 for 10 gallons of gas and 2 quarts of oil. Anthony paid $23.58 for 8 gallon of gas and 3 quarts of oil. Find the cost of 1 gallon of gas and 1 quart of oil.

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Question 1135577: How many seven-letter code words can be formed using a standard 26 alphabet if repetition is allowed? And if repetition is not allowed?
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Question 1135640: 24 fluid ounces = blank pints and blank cups. What are missing numbers?
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Question 1135689: A plant grew 10 centimeters in 4 months. It is now 0.8 m tall. How tall was
the plant 3 months ago?
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Question 1135699: Stephen is a delivery truck driver. The storage area of his truck measures 45
1
2 feet long, 12 feet high, and 7 feet wide.
He has been told he must deliver the following 2 boxes to the grocery store by the end of the day:
Box A measures 3 feet long, 6
1
2 feet high, and 4 feet wide.
Box B measures 2
1
2 feet long, 8 feet high, and 5 feet wide.
Once those boxes have been loaded into the truck, Stephen needs to fill the remaining space with boxes to deliver to the sporting goods store. Each box going to the sporting goods store is the same size: 4 feet long, 4
1
2 feet high, and 3 feet wide.
What is the largest number of sporting goods boxes Stephen will be able to load into his truck?
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Question 1135682: The 14 music club members each paid the same amount for dues. The club also earned $310 selling magazine subscriptions. They spent $587 to organize a jazz festival. Now their bank account, which started at $0, is overdrawn by $25. How much did each member pay in dues?
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Question 1135723: of adults would pay more for environmentally friendly products. You randomly select 10 adults. Find the probability that the number of adults who would pay more for environmentally friendly products is (a) exactly two, (b) more than two, and (c) between two and five, inclusive.
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Question 1135736: In still water, a boat averages 18 mile per hour. It takes the same amount of time to travel 33 miles downstream, with the current, as 21 miles upstream, against the current. What is the rate of the waters’s current?
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Question 1135803: In order to finish the order on time the factory was supposed to produce 70 items daily. After hiring three more people they were able to produce 10 more items daily, and completed the order five days ahead of the schedule. How many days was the order supposed to take originally?
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Question 1135815: a player rolls a fair die and receives $2 if they roll a 2 and nothing if they don't roll a 2. If the game costs $1.25, how much should the player expect to win or lose over the long run?
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Question 1135812: The height h in feet of a ball after t seconds is given by hequals176 t minus 16 t squared. How long did it take for the ball to hit the ground?
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Question 1135819: Your science group has 9 boys and 12 girls in it. You want them to work on a project together. how many different groups of 3 can you create?
and How many different groups of 6 can you create if you want 3 boys and 3 girls in the group?

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Question 1135813: How many seven letter code words can be formed using a standard 26 letter
alphabet if the first letter has to be a C and the rest of letters are
different? And if the first two letters have to be a vowel and the rest of the
letters are different?
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Question 1135843: You are going to toss one coin and roll one die. What are the odds in favor you will toss a head or roll a number less than 4?
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Question 1135844: Mr. Johnson has nine brown-eyed and three blue-eyed brunettes in his fourth grade class. He also has two blue-eyed and three brown-eyed children with black hair. A child is selected at random. What is the probability that the child has brown eyes given that he or she is a brunette?
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Question 1135874: Hi,
I would very much appreciate help with this problem:
Decide whether the statement makes sense, and explain your reasoning. John is planning to invest his money for one year only. He chose an account paying simple interest at 6% per year which was clearly a better deal than an account paying a 5.9% APR with interest compounded annually.
Thank you!
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Question 1135891: You were told that the odds against you winning the race was 12:14. What is the probability you will win the race?
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Question 1135895: Which if either, are more favorable odds, 50:50 or 75:75?
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Question 1135902: Hi
Gourmet pizzas come in 2 sizes. One has a diameter of 15cm the other 30cm. Each hss a thickness of 3cm. The larger pizza will serve . How many serves of the same quantity are in the smaller pizza.
Thanks
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Question 1135897: a student has flipped a coin 9 times and each time it has landed as a head. He claims that the probability of a tail on the next flip is greater than the probability of another head. true or false?
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Question 1135922: Mr. johnson has nine brown eyed and three blue-eyed brunettes in his fourth grade class. He also has two bluee eyed and three brown-eyed children with black hair. A child is selected at random. what is the probability that the child has blue eyes or is a brunette?
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Question 1135921: carol walks into the classroom late. as she walks into the room, she hears someone say the probability it is going to rain tomorrow is -1. false?>
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Question 1135920: Hi
a plane flies 250km on a bear ing of 152 degrees 29 minutes. How far south from its starting point
did the plane fly.
Thanks
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Question 1135920: Hi
a plane flies 250km on a bear ing of 152 degrees 29 minutes. How far south from its starting point
did the plane fly.
Thanks
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Question 1135929: Victoria says that a square is like a rectangle because it has all right angles and its opposite sides are parallel. Corky says she is wrong because a square has four equal sides and a rectangle has a length and a width that have to be different. true or false?
I'm guessing false because by definition all squares are rectangles.
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Question 1135937: Damian needs to buy 5 pints of juice . The store does not sell juice in pints,so Damian buys 3 quarts of juice . Wich statement is true?

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Question 1135988: Simplify the algebraic expression 2/3X^2y (3/2xy^2 - 9/5X^2y)
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Question 1136023: A roll of gasket material is 16in wide. What length is needed to obtain 21sq ft of the material?
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Question 1136047: Hi
cindy and sarah leave from the same place. Cindy walks due west while sara walks in a direction of 330 degrees T. When sarah has walked 6km she is due north from cindy.
how far north is Sarah from cindy.
thanks

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Question 1136057: Keil is going to make 14

pounds of mixed nuts for a party. If Keil can spend $72.00

on nuts and peanuts cost $2.00

per pound and fancy nuts cost $7.50

per pound, how many pounds of each should he buy?
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Question 1136066: A man gets a weekly wage of $x. His rent per week is $8000. After paying his rent, he is left with less than $20000. Find the range of values of x
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Question 1136164: Count with combinations problem:
How many different three-digit numbers can be written using digits from the set {1,2,3,4,5} without any repeating digits?
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Question 1136163: A bag contains 7 apples and 5 oranges. if you select 6 pieces of fruit without looking. how many ways can you get exactly 5 apples?
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