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Question 1172203: Hi
Anna had some cupcakes. She had 72 more chocolate than red velvet, 36 fewer blueberry than red velvet. After selling 1/6 of the chocolate 2/3 of the red velvet and 7/9 of the blueberry she had 427 cupcakes left. How many chocolate cupcakes did she sell. Thanks
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Question 1172218: Hi
A basket of fruit was shared by A B C. A received 50% of the fruit and an extra 4 pieces. B received 40% of the remainder
plus an extra 10 pieces. C received 38 pieces. How many pieces were in the basket at first. Thanks
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Question 1172227: Sierra has $65 in her bank account she receives an allowance of $4.50 every week for doing her chores her brother John has $90 in his bank account but loses $2.50 every week for not completing his homework after how many weeks with Sierra and John have saved the same amount
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Question 1172227: Sierra has $65 in her bank account she receives an allowance of $4.50 every week for doing her chores her brother John has $90 in his bank account but loses $2.50 every week for not completing his homework after how many weeks with Sierra and John have saved the same amount
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Question 1172229: The temperature at 11:00 a.m. is 95 degrees fahrenheit. The temperature increased from 82 degrees fahrenheit in 6 hours. In 4 hours before it turned 82 degrees fahrenheit, the temperature increased from 73 degrees fahrenheit to 82 degrees fahrenheit. What was the change in temperature per hour, written as a mixed number?
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Question 1172122: A person decides to walk, across a desert, without assistance and alone. The desert is entirely without resources. The trail is 100 kilometers in length, and at every 20 km. is a shelter. A person can walk 20 km. per day. The person can only carry food for 3 days, and food can only be kept at shelters.
Determine length of time (days) to cross the desert.
Not sure how to solve.
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Question 1172291: You are making pies to sell at a fundraiser. It costs $3 to make each pie, plus a one-time cost of $20 for a pastry blender and a rolling pin. You plan to sell the pies for $5 each. Which equation should you use to find the number of pies you need to sell to break even and make enough money to cover your expenses
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Question 1172303: A publisher has a fixed cost of $250,000 associated with the production of a college mathematics book. The contribution to profit and fixed cost from the sale of each book is $6.25.
a) Determine the number of books which must be sold in order to break even
b) What is the expected profit if 50,000 books are sold?
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Question 1172306: Hi
Bob spent 50 dollars on pens and markers. The ratio of money spent on pens pencils and markers was 4:5:1. Pens were sold at 3 for a dollar. The number of pencils he bought was 1/6 of the number of pens. The number of markers he bought was 2/5 of the number of pencils.
How many pens and markers did he buy.
How many pencils could he buy for 175 dollars. Thanks
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Question 1172306: Hi
Bob spent 50 dollars on pens and markers. The ratio of money spent on pens pencils and markers was 4:5:1. Pens were sold at 3 for a dollar. The number of pencils he bought was 1/6 of the number of pens. The number of markers he bought was 2/5 of the number of pencils.
How many pens and markers did he buy.
How many pencils could he buy for 175 dollars. Thanks
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Question 1172306: Hi
Bob spent 50 dollars on pens and markers. The ratio of money spent on pens pencils and markers was 4:5:1. Pens were sold at 3 for a dollar. The number of pencils he bought was 1/6 of the number of pens. The number of markers he bought was 2/5 of the number of pencils.
How many pens and markers did he buy.
How many pencils could he buy for 175 dollars. Thanks
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Question 1171700: A party rental company has chairs and tables for rent. The total cost to rent 2 chairs and 3 tables is $31. The total cost to rent 6 chairs and 5 tables is $59. What is the cost to rent each chair and each table?
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Question 1172404: In a survey of 600 people in Windhoek, the results of the survey showed that
250 people read The Namibian, 260 people read The Mmegi, and 260 people
read The Daily Mirror. Additionally, 90 people read both The Namibian and The
Daily Mirror, and 110 read both The Namibian and Mmegi, 80 read both The
Mmegi and The Daily Mirror and 80 did not read any of the above newspapers.
Find the number of people who read all the three newspapers.
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Question 1172403: In a survey of 600 people in Windhoek, the results of the survey showed that
250 people read The Namibian, 260 people read The Mmegi, and 260 people
read The Daily Mirror. Additionally, 90 people read both The Namibian and The
Daily Mirror, and 110 read both The Namibian and Mmegi, 80 read both The
Mmegi and The Daily Mirror and 80 did not read any of the above newspapers.
Find the number of people who read all the three newspapers.
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Question 1172480: Hi
Joshua and his sister spent $96 in total. His sister spent 40% less than him. How much did he spend.
My solution was as follows
Joshua = 1.4x
Sister = x
2.4x = 96 x=40 therefore Joshua spent 56 dollars . The textbook says 60 dollars.
Who is correct. Thanks
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Question 1172520: I need help badly on this please.
Quadrilateral RSTU, diagonals SU and RT intersect at point V.
https://imgur.com/a/1Kh4JAK
RSTU is a parallelogram. If m∠TSV = 31° and m∠SVT = 126°, explain how you can find the measure of ∠URV. Show all steps of work, and refer to any properties of triangles, parallelograms, or triangle congruency theorems as necessary to justify your response.
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Question 1171942: A person decides to walk, across a desert, without assistance and alone. The desert is entirely without resources. The trail is 100 kilometers in length, and at every 20 km. is a shelter. A person can walk 20 km. per day. The person can only carry food for 3 days, and food can only be kept at shelters.
Determine length of time (days) to cross the desert.
Not sure how to solve.
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Question 1172751: The five-digit numbers 8a2bc and 3a8bc are both perfect squares. What is the product of a x c?
Previous attempts: Using square rules (If c = 5, then b MUST = 2). Narrowing down possible endings to square endings: 1, 4, 5, 6, 9
Difficulty: Unable to find letter a, as well as find substitutions that work for both five-digit numbers
Thanks in advance!
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Question 1172844: A wrought-iron washer is 3.5" in diameter, 5/32" thick, and has a hole 1.5" in diameter. Determine number of washers in a 200 lb. container.
Check my calculations, please.
Volume = pi * r^2 * height
3.1416 * 1.75 * 1.75 * .15625 = 1.5033 cu. in. (gross washer volume).
1.5033 - 1.5 = .0033 cu. in.
200 / .0033 = 60606
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Question 1172895: The drive wheels on a locomotive are 76 in. in diameter and moving at 210 R.P.M. Determine speed of locomotive in miles per hr.
Wheels are circles.
Pi * diameter = circumference.
3.1416 * 76 = 238.76 = 239 in. = 19.916 = 20 ft.
5280 ft. = mile.
60 min. = hr.
Not sure how to solve.
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Question 1172899: A fruit company delivers its fruit and two types of boxes large and small. A delivery of 2 large boxes and 12 small boxes has a total weight of 223 kg. A delivery of five large boxes and 3 small boxes has a total weight of 139 kg. How much does each type of box weigh?
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Question 1173091: A rental car agency charges $19 per day plus 10 cents per mile to rent a certain car. Another agency charges $21 per day plus 5 cents per mile to rent the same car. How many miles per day will have to be driven for the cost of a car from the first agency to equal the cost of a car from the second agency?
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Question 1173083: During the COVID 19 pandemic, Jerry, a front liner nurse, decided to use his bicycle since it was difficult for him to ride jeepneys in going to his work station. If he biked 5kilometers from his house to the hospital at a rate of x kph. For his return trip in going home, his rate was 1kph faster. It took him 2.5hours for the entire round trip. Find his rate and time in going to the hospital.
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Question 1173056: Rebecca is training each day to run a three-mile race. The expression 45 - 0.25x represents the time , in minutes, it takes Rebecca to run 3 miles, after training for days. What does the coefficient of the -term represent in this situation?
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Question 1173152: i ∈ { i, h, o, p }
Question 12 options:
True
False
2 ∈ { -2, 5, 8, 9 }
Question 13 options:
True
False
Question 14 (1 point)
{ e, h, a, n } = { a, h, e, n }
Question 14 options:
True
False
Question 15 (1 point)
4 ∈ { {3}, {4}, {5} }
Question 15 options:
True
False
Question 16 (1 point)
10 ∉ { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 }
Question 16 options:
True
False
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Question 1173152: i ∈ { i, h, o, p }
Question 12 options:
True
False
2 ∈ { -2, 5, 8, 9 }
Question 13 options:
True
False
Question 14 (1 point)
{ e, h, a, n } = { a, h, e, n }
Question 14 options:
True
False
Question 15 (1 point)
4 ∈ { {3}, {4}, {5} }
Question 15 options:
True
False
Question 16 (1 point)
10 ∉ { 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 }
Question 16 options:
True
False
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Question 1173165: Hi
A rectangular tank of height 120cm is half filled with water. When 62.6 litres of water is added to the tank it becomes 2/3 full.
What is the base area of the tank.
What will be the new height of the water if an extra 1565 cubic cm of water is added to the tank.
Thanks
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