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Question 1201120: Hi
There were 120 oranges in box A and box B. 2/3 of the oranges in A were big and the rest were small. 4/9 of the oranges in B were big the rest were small. There were an equal number of small oranges in both boxes. How many big oranges were there altogether.
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Question 1201120: Hi
There were 120 oranges in box A and box B. 2/3 of the oranges in A were big and the rest were small. 4/9 of the oranges in B were big the rest were small. There were an equal number of small oranges in both boxes. How many big oranges were there altogether.
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Question 1201137: A salon surveys how many clients use their two additional services - manicures and massages. Thirty-five clients come in for both manicures and massages. Ten clients come in only for massages. Five clients only come in for manicures. How many total clients are represented by the data?
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Question 1201165: Hi
Mark went to buy an equal number of apples and oranges. The apples were 5 for $3 and the cost of 2 oranges was $3,30. He paid $31.50 more for the oranges than for the apples. How many oranges and apples did he buy altogether.
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Question 1201166: Hi
Angie charmaine and Mabel have a certain number of beads together. Angie must give Mabel 11% of what she has so that Mabel will have half of what charmaine has. Angie will then have 85 more than charmaine. If they have 1875 altogether how many beads did Angie have at first.
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Question 1201191: The Extreme Rock Climbing Club planned a climbing expedition. The total cost was $2600
, which was to be divided equally among the members going. Prior to the trip, 5
members decided not to go. If the cost per person increased by $26
, how many people went on the expedition?
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Question 1201191: The Extreme Rock Climbing Club planned a climbing expedition. The total cost was $2600
, which was to be divided equally among the members going. Prior to the trip, 5
members decided not to go. If the cost per person increased by $26
, how many people went on the expedition?
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Question 1201187: The function y=62*1.04^x models the quiz score of an average student in an algebra class. The output y represents the percent scored correct on the weekly quiz after spending x hours on homework that week. The model is accurate from about 2 hours to about 12 hours. Find the score of an average student that spends 10 hours per week studying algebra.
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Question 1201222: Suppose that the New England Colonials baseball team is equally likely to win a game as not to win It. If 5 Colonials games are chosen at random, what is the probability that exactly 3 of those games are won by the Colonials ? Round your response to at least three decimal places .
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Question 1201223: The manufacturer of a fertilizer guarantees that , with the aid of the fertilizer , 75 % of planted seeds will germinate . Suppose the manufacturer is correct . If 9 seeds planted with the fertilizer are randomly selected , what is the probability that at most 7 of them germinate ? Carry your intermediate computations to at least four decimal places , and round your answer to two decimal places .
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Question 1201052: Hi
A black car travelled from a to c at 60km per hour. A blue car took 4 hours to travel the same distance. Both cars passed b at 2pm and the blue car reached c at 3pm. If b was 80km from c , what time did the black car leave a .
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Question 1201236: Before Marium changed jobs, her salary was 24 percent more than Maria’s salary. After Marium changed jobs, her new salary was 24 percent less than her old salary. If quantity A is Maria’s salary and quantity B is Marium’s new salary, then:
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Question 1201235: Hi
Bob and Jill had some sweets. After Jill gave Bob 20% of what she had Bob would have 60% more than Jill. What percentage of his total number of sweets must Bob give to Jill so that they will have the same number of sweets.
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Question 1201235: Hi
Bob and Jill had some sweets. After Jill gave Bob 20% of what she had Bob would have 60% more than Jill. What percentage of his total number of sweets must Bob give to Jill so that they will have the same number of sweets.
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Question 1201263: Hi
John and Kevin travel from home to school using the same route. They started at the same time. John travelled at 18km per hour. Both did not change their speeds throughout the trip. When Kevin covered 1/4 of the journey, John was 3.5km ahead of him. If John reached school at 9.35am what time did Kevin reach school.
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Question 1201263: Hi
John and Kevin travel from home to school using the same route. They started at the same time. John travelled at 18km per hour. Both did not change their speeds throughout the trip. When Kevin covered 1/4 of the journey, John was 3.5km ahead of him. If John reached school at 9.35am what time did Kevin reach school.
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Question 1201233: Hi
A sum of money is split between Lionel olivia and Tony in the ratio 6:2:5 respectively. If Lionel gives $20 to Tony, Tony would have 225% more money than olivia.
Find the sum shared.
Assuming Lionel and Tony both received an equal amount of money and Tony ended up having 10% less money than Lionel, find the total amount given to them.
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Question 1201273: Janine is considering buying a water filter and a reusable water bottle rather than buying bottled water. Will doing so save her money?
How much water does Janine drink in a day? She normally drinks 4 bottles a day, each 16.9 ounces.
How much does a bottle of water cost? She buys 24-packs of 16.9 ounce bottles for $2.79.
How much does a reusable water bottle cost? About $10.
How long does a reusable water bottle last? Basically forever (or until you lose it).
How much does a water filter cost? How much water will they filter?
A faucet-mounted filter costs about $28 and includes one filter cartridge. Refill filters cost about $33 for a 3-pack. The box says each filter will filter up to 100 gallons (378 liters)
A water filter pitcher costs about $22 and includes one filter cartridge. Refill filters cost about $20 for a 4-pack. The box says each filter lasts for 40 gallons or 4 months
An under-sink filter costs $130 and includes one filter cartridge. Refill filters cost about $60 each. The filter lasts for 500 gallons.
Which option is cheapest over one year (365 days)?
The cheapest option saves her $ over a year.
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Question 1201274: Suppose that 10 years ago you bought a home for $110,000, paying 10% as a down payment, and financing the rest at 8% interest for 30 years.
Your existing mortgage (the one you got 10 years ago)
How much money did you pay as your down payment?
=11,000
How much money was your existing mortgage (loan) for?
=99,000
What is your current monthly payment on your existing mortgage?
Carry at least 4 decimal places during calculations, but round your final answer to the nearest cent.
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Question 1201329: Jane and jeffert had some marbles. Jane had 40 % more marble than jeffery. When jane lost 12 marbles and gave 16 marbles to jeffery, both of them had an equal number of marbles. How many marbles did each of them have at first
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Question 1201352: A car rental company charges $290 per week plus $0.19 per mile to rent a car. How many miles can you travel in one week for $347?
A) Write an equation you can use to answer this question. Be sure all the numbers given above appear in your equation. Use
x as your variable.
B) Solve your equation in part [A] for x
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Question 1201362: Hi
Ali had 60% of the total number of marbles his other 3 friends had. Cindy had 50% of the total number Ben and Daniel had. The number Ben had was 1/3 the number daniel had. If ali had 39 more marbles than daniel, how many did they have altogether. Thanks
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Question 1201362: Hi
Ali had 60% of the total number of marbles his other 3 friends had. Cindy had 50% of the total number Ben and Daniel had. The number Ben had was 1/3 the number daniel had. If ali had 39 more marbles than daniel, how many did they have altogether. Thanks
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Question 1201362: Hi
Ali had 60% of the total number of marbles his other 3 friends had. Cindy had 50% of the total number Ben and Daniel had. The number Ben had was 1/3 the number daniel had. If ali had 39 more marbles than daniel, how many did they have altogether. Thanks
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Question 1201417: Hi
A farmer has chickens and ducks o his farm. If he sells 2 chickens and 3 ducks a day there would be 100 chickens left when all ducks are sold. If he sells 3 chickens and 2 ducks a day there would be 25 chickens left when all ducks are sold. How many of each were on the farm.
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Question 1201460: At time = 0, there are 8000 grams of a radioactive material present. The half-life of the element is 18 years. In how many years will there be 335 grams remaining? Round your answer to the nearest 0.01 years.
Thank you for any and all help to this equation :)
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Question 1201461: At time t=0, a cup of coffee at 187*d F is placed in a room at 72*d F. After t=4 minutes, the coffee has cooled to a temp of 160*d F. In how many minutes will the coffee reach 130*d F? Round your answer to the nearest 0.01 minutes.
Any and all help on this problem will be greatly appreciated :)
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Question 1201475: Hi
A car left town A for town B. Another car left town B for town A at the same time. The ratio of the speeds of the 2 cars were 6:5 respectively. After the stwo cars passed each other car A speed was reduced by 1/6 and car B was reduced by 1/4 . When car A arrived at town B car B was still 54km from town A. What is the distance between A and B.
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Question 1201494: Hi, I know that we are not supposed to put 2 questions in 1 however, they both go together so I felt as though it was best to put them both on one submission.
The radioactive isotope of potassium-42, which is vital in the diagnosis of brain tumors, has a half life of 12.36 hours.
Determine the exponential decay model that represents the mass of potassium-42.If 500-mg of potassium-42 was taken, how much milligrams of this isotope will remain after 48 hours?
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Question 1201494: Hi, I know that we are not supposed to put 2 questions in 1 however, they both go together so I felt as though it was best to put them both on one submission.
The radioactive isotope of potassium-42, which is vital in the diagnosis of brain tumors, has a half life of 12.36 hours.
Determine the exponential decay model that represents the mass of potassium-42.If 500-mg of potassium-42 was taken, how much milligrams of this isotope will remain after 48 hours?
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Question 1201501: At time=0, there are 6,000 grams of a radioactive material present. The half-life of the element is 18 years. In how many years will there be 115 grams remaining? Round your answer to the nearest 0.01 years.
Any help would be appreciated, I have tried many problems like this one without success.
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Question 1201501: At time=0, there are 6,000 grams of a radioactive material present. The half-life of the element is 18 years. In how many years will there be 115 grams remaining? Round your answer to the nearest 0.01 years.
Any help would be appreciated, I have tried many problems like this one without success.
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Question 1201508: When the reciprocal of a number is multiplied by 20 , and then subtracted from 12 , the result is 7 . Find the number .
My working :
(1/x)20-12=7
20/x=7+12
20=19x
x=20/19
BUT the answer on my textbook is 4 . What did I do wrong ?
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Question 1201508: When the reciprocal of a number is multiplied by 20 , and then subtracted from 12 , the result is 7 . Find the number .
My working :
(1/x)20-12=7
20/x=7+12
20=19x
x=20/19
BUT the answer on my textbook is 4 . What did I do wrong ?
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Question 1201512: A delivery van is carrying a load of ten flat screen televisions and forty five CD players. One third of the load is flat screen television and one sixth is CD players. If the televisions weigh eleven kilograms each, what is the total weight in the van?
A) 330kg b) 660 kg c) 3110kg d) 990kg
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