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Question 251996: For the next seven years, the St. Louis Cardinals will pay Albert Pujols an average of 14.7 million dollars per year. Twenty-five $20-bills weigh 0.9 ounces. If Albert were to insist on being paid in $20-bills, how many pounds would the $14.7 million weigh? Round to the nearest pound.
A. 1,654 B. 8,148 C. 26,460 D. 33,075 E. 41,344

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Question 251979: Susan left her home, on foot, at 9:00 am at 1.5 mph. At 10:00 am her friend,
following the same route, ran at 5.25 mph to meet her. How many minutes, after
10:00 am, did the two friends meet?
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Question 251995: Given S = ( 1/2 , 1/3 , 2/3, 3/4 , 5/8 , 5/16 , 15/32 )
What is the least positive difference between two distinct numbers from set S?
A. 1/48 B. 1/32 C. 1/24 D. 1/12 E. 1/8

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Question 251992: For the next seven years, the St. Louis Cardinals will pay Albert Pujols an average of 14.7 million dollars per year. Twenty-five $20-bills weigh 0.9 ounces. If Albert were to insist on being paid in $20-bills, how many pounds would the $14.7 million weigh? Round to the nearest pound.
A. 1,654 B. 8,148 C. 26,460 D. 33,075 E. 41,344

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Question 251982: Both solution X and solution Y contain alcohol and water. In solution X the ratio
of alcohol to water is 3:2. When equal amounts of solution X and solution Y are
mixed, the ratio of alcohol to water is 3:4. What is the ratio of alcohol to water in solution Y? Write your answer in the form A:W.
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Question 252037: The arithmetic mean of two numbers is A, and one of the numbers is N.
Write a simplified expression for the other number.
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Question 252043: A discount store sold plastic cups for $3.50 each and ceramic cups for $4 each. If 400 cups were sold for $1458, how many cups of each type were sold?
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Question 252040: Find the sum of all counting numbers less than 100 which are not multiples of 4.
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Question 251991: If the St. Louis Rams field goal kicker, Jeff Wilkins, makes 28 field goals in 32 attempts this year, then he must have a streak of making at least N consecutive field goals. Under these conditions, what is the longest streak N of consecutive field goals that Jeff is guaranteed to have?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9
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Question 252087: A decorator plans to place a rug in a room with the dimensions of 9 meters by 12 meters in such a way that a uniform strip of flooring around the rug will remain uncovered. If the rug is to cover 1/2 the floor space, what should the dimensions of the rug be?
equation and answer please.
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Question 252106: The King Center is dedicated to the mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Approximately 650,000 people visit the center each year. It is open from 9 a.m. � 5 p.m. every day of the week. On the average, how many people entered The King Center each hour in 2007?

A.31 B. 74 C. 125 D. 223 E. 1781

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Question 252105: The mean of the following set of eight numbers is 11.25. { 8, 18, 7, 16, 13, 4, N, N + 2 } Find the product of N and N + 2.
A. 24 B. 140 C. 143 D. 440 E. 624

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Question 252119: In Mr. Hoolihan�s class, every student voted once for class president. Vonda received 10% of the votes, Emma received 35% of the votes, Frank received 30% of the votes, and Bobby received the remaining 10 votes. What was the difference between the least number of votes received by a candidate and the greatest number of votes received by a candidate?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 10 D. 12 E. 14

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Question 252118: toothpaste tube holds 250 cm^3 of toothpaste. The nozzle of the tube is round with a diameter of 5 mm. Assume that the toothpaste is deposited on the counter in a straight line such that the diameter is the same as that of the nozzle (0.5 cm). Approximately how long a line of toothpaste can be made with a full tube of toothpaste?
A. 79.6 cm B. 250 cm C. 4000 cm D. 3.18 m E. 12.73 m

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Question 252115: What is the greatest common factor of 8! and 4^3 ?
A. 8 B. 64 C. 128 D. 630 E. 40,320
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Question 252115: What is the greatest common factor of 8! and 4^3 ?
A. 8 B. 64 C. 128 D. 630 E. 40,320
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Question 252125: if x^2 + y^2 = 6xy not equal to 0 compute the numerical value(s) of
x + y / x - y
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Question 252124: A farmer had a herd of 24 animals, some sheep and some goats. He sold the sheep
for $140 each and the rest of the herd, the goats for $100 each. If he had sold the whole herd at the uniform price of $120 per animal, he would have gained 360
more dollars. How many goats did he sell?
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Question 252128: Crystallina spent her entire $ 20 weekly allowance on books and candy last week. This week she did the same, but she spent 50 % more on candy and 12.5 % less on books.How much did she spend on candy this week?
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Question 251092: Suppose a population of initial size 100 grows at the rate of 8% per year forever.
What is the size of the population at the end of year 1?
What is the size of the population at the end of year 2?
What is the size of the population at the end of year 3?
What is the size of the population at the end of year n (for any integer n)?
What algebraic equation would you need to solve to find the number of years x that it would take for our population to reach 200? Use a calculator to solve to x.
I get year one would be 108 and year two would be 116.64 and year three would be 125.9712 but I cannot get year n and the rest? Help?
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Question 251260: The amount of a chemical that will dissolve in a solution increases exponentially as the (Celcius) temperature t is increased according to the model A(t)=10e^.0095t. At what temperature will 15g dissolve?
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Question 249941: a mad scientist develops a formula which can turn a light bulb into a camel.
working alone, it takes the scientists 4 hours to create one dose of formula.
the mad scientist's slightly mad assistant Igor can make one dose in 12 hours.
how long, working together, will it take the mad scientist and Igor to create
one dose of formula? answer the question by using a table and the 5- step
method.

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Question 252175: A triangle drawn on a map has sides of lengths 8 cm, 10 cm, and 15 cm. The shortest of the corresponding real-life distances is 113 km. Find the longest of the real-life distances, rounded to the nearest tenth km.
A. 221.9 km B. 211.9 km C. 141.3 km D. 141.2 km E. 131.2 km
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Question 252180: A small town has an adult population of 100. The mean yearly salary of these 100 adults is $74,750. One adult is a multimillionaire who makes 5 million dollars a year. What is the mean yearly salary of the other 99 adults?
A. $24,000 B. $24,500 C. $25,000 D. $26,000 E. $26,500
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Question 252178: Through how many degrees of arc will the second hand of a clock travel over the course of 365 days?
A. 86,400 o B. 87,600 o C. 864,000 o D. 3,153,600 o E. 189,216,000 o
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Question 252172: Find the sum of all the common factors of 32 and 64.
A. 63 B. 62 C. 31 D. 30 E. 38
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Question 252187: Find the value of (2 1/3 * 7/8 ) - ( 5/6 * 1 2/5)
if x * y = (x+y)/(x-Y)
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Question 252171: Joni travels 14 blocks east, then 3 blocks south, then 19 blocks west, and then 3 blocks north. How many blocks is she from where she started?
A. 39 B. 27 C. 11 D. 8 E. 5
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Question 252170: An island has no currency; it instead has the following exchange rate:
50 bananas = 20 coconuts, 30 coconuts = 12 fish, and 100 fish = 1 hammock
How many bananas equal one hammock?
A. 250 B. 625 C. 875 D. 1200 E. 1350
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Question 252167: Dave has a stack of 100 music CDs. Each CD contains 700 minutes of music. Rounding to the nearest day, how many days will it take Dave to listen to all of the music on the CDs? Assume that he listens to the music for 24 hours per day.
A. 45 days B. 46 days C. 47 days D. 48 days E. 49 days
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Question 252188: Crystallina spent her entire $ 20 weekly allowance on books and candy last week. This week she did the same, but she spent 50 % more on candy and 12.5 % less on books.How much did she spend on candy this week?
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Question 251154: The length of a rectangular prism is twice its width. The height of the prism is five feet longer than the width. If the volume of the prism is 792 cubic feet, what is its length?

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Question 251155: Which of these expressions is equivalent to log 250?

A)
3 � log 5

B)
3 � log 4

C)
3 + log 4

D)
3 + log 5

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Question 251167: A rectangle is 6 times as long as it is wide. The perimeter is 110cm. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. (round to the nearest tenth if necessary).
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Question 252238: The pitch of a screw is the distance between threads. With each complete rotation of the screw, it goes in or out a distance equal to its pitch. How far will a screw with a pitch of 2/45 inches go into a piece of wood when it is turned 10 complete rotations clockwise?
a 1/225 in b 9/4 in c 4/9 in d 1/9 in e 9 in
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Question 252239: Assume a ≥ b ≥ c ≥ d If the mean of a , b , c and d, is 8 and the median of
a , b , c and d, is 5 then a + d is
a. 6 b. 11 c. 22 d. 27 e Impossible to Determine
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Question 252235: A cube measuring 4 inches on a side is painted. It is then cut into 64 one-inch cubes. One of the smaller cubes is tossed and it is noted that none of the 5 faces showing is painted. How many of the 64 cubes could have this result?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 24 D. 32 E. 33
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Question 252243: If (x,y) = (4.8, B) gives the coordinates of a point on the graph of
y = 5/8 x + 5 then what is the value of B?
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Question 252236: Consider the operation # such that a # b = �3a + b^2. Find (�2 # 3) # 6.
A. �9 B. 9 C. 15 D. 27 E. 45
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Question 252241: If Mr. Wersted equally distributed the money in his pocket among the students in his class, each would receive $ 1.26 . If there had been four more students, then each would have received $ 1.05 . How much money was in his pocket?
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Question 252233: Ann, Bob, Cal, and Don all worked out on the treadmill. Their times (in no particular order) were 16, 18, 23, and 25 minutes. Cal worked out two minutes more than Bob. Don worked out fewer minutes than Ann but more minutes than Cal.
Who worked out 25 minutes?
A. Ann B. Bob C. Cal D. Don E. not enough information given
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Question 252242: Suppose the operation ⊗is defined on the set of integers by a⊗b = a + 2b . Also
for any integer b, the value of 1492⊗(b⊗1492) is the same as x⊗b. What is the value of x?
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Question 252230: Suppose there is a moving sidewalk that is 300 meters long. It moves from east to west at the rate of 0.25 meters per second. Assume that Bob and Jill get on the sidewalk at the same time but at opposite ends. Bob gets on at the east end and
walks toward the west at the rate of 0.5 meters per second. Jill gets on at the west end and walks towards the east at the rate of 1meter per second. How far from the eastern end do they meet?
A. 50 meters B. 100 meters C. 150 meters D. 200 meters E. 250 meters
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