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Question 1132838: An assistant receives a
10​% ​raise, bringing the salary to ​$
45 comma 112
45,112. What was the salary before the​ raise?

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Question 1132926:
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Question 1132940: Adam has two kinds of fruit punch left over from a party. He mixes 5 liters of fruit punch A with 10 liters of fruit punch B to create fruit punch C. Fruit punch A contains 25% orange juice and the resulting fruit punch C contains 35% orange juice.

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Question 1132965: Best Rentals charges a daily fee plus a mileage fee for renting its cars. Barney was charged $90.00 for 3 days and 300
miles, while Mary was charged $162.00 for 5 days and 600 miles. What does Best Rental charge per day, for mileage?

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Question 1132998: A trader bought 30 baskets of pawpaw and 100 baskets of mangoes for ₦2,450.00. She sold the pawpaw at a profit of 40% and the mangoes at a profit of 30%. If her profit on the entire transaction was ₦855.00, find the:
(i) cost price of a basket of pawpaw;
(ii) selling price of the 100 baskets of mangoes.

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Question 1133016: You are a chemist and you have a supply of a brine solution that is 40% salt and a brine that is 20% salt. You are performing a experiment that requires you to have 12 liters of a 25% brine solution. How much of the 40% solution and 20% solution do you need to add together to get the required solution?
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Question 1133016: You are a chemist and you have a supply of a brine solution that is 40% salt and a brine that is 20% salt. You are performing a experiment that requires you to have 12 liters of a 25% brine solution. How much of the 40% solution and 20% solution do you need to add together to get the required solution?
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Question 1133016: You are a chemist and you have a supply of a brine solution that is 40% salt and a brine that is 20% salt. You are performing a experiment that requires you to have 12 liters of a 25% brine solution. How much of the 40% solution and 20% solution do you need to add together to get the required solution?
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Question 1133071: How much pure water must be mixed with 10 oz of a 60% alcohol solution to obtain 25% alcohol solution?
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Question 1133111: the numbers 4,7,10,13,16 where each number is three greater than the number preceding it, are written in order in a book, one hundred to a page. The first group of one hundred numbers begins on page 526. on which page number 2005 be located?
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Question 1133111: the numbers 4,7,10,13,16 where each number is three greater than the number preceding it, are written in order in a book, one hundred to a page. The first group of one hundred numbers begins on page 526. on which page number 2005 be located?
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Question 1133127: You need a 20% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 560 mL of a 5% alcohol mixture. You also have 60% alcohol mixture. How much of the 60% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
You will need ________
mL of the 60% solution

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Question 1133127: You need a 20% alcohol solution. On hand, you have a 560 mL of a 5% alcohol mixture. You also have 60% alcohol mixture. How much of the 60% mixture will you need to add to obtain the desired solution?
You will need ________
mL of the 60% solution

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Question 1133126: A store owner want to develop a new snack mix by mixing chocolate and trail mix. How many pounds of chocolate costing $17.50 per pound should be mixed with trail mix costing $4.20 per pound to create a 31 mixture worth $8.92. (round to the nearest pound)
The owner needs to mix __________
pounds of chocolate and __________
pounds of trail mix.

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Question 1133225: Wendy was awarded a volleyball scholarship to the University of Michigan, so on graduation her parents gave her the $15000 they had saved for her college tuition. She opted to invest some money in a privately held company that pays10% per year and evenly split the remaining money between a money market account yielding 2% and a high-risk stock that yielded40% . At the end of the first year she had total. How much did she invest in each of the three?

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Question 1133266: What quantity of 74% acetic acid solution must be mixed with a 14% acetic acid solution to produce 660 mL of 26% solution?
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Question 1133341: How much of an alloy that is 20% copper should be mixed with 600 ounces of an alloy that is 60% copper in order to get an alloy that is 30% ​copper?
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Question 1133341: How much of an alloy that is 20% copper should be mixed with 600 ounces of an alloy that is 60% copper in order to get an alloy that is 30% ​copper?
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Question 1133344:
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Question 1133340: A chef needs 6 L of a solution that is 70% sugar. He has a 30% sugar mixture and an 80% sugar mixture that he can combine to make the 70% mixture.
Let x represent the number of liters of the 30% sugar mixture and let y represent the number of liters of the 80% sugar mixture.
How many liters of each solution will he use?

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Question 1133340: A chef needs 6 L of a solution that is 70% sugar. He has a 30% sugar mixture and an 80% sugar mixture that he can combine to make the 70% mixture.
Let x represent the number of liters of the 30% sugar mixture and let y represent the number of liters of the 80% sugar mixture.
How many liters of each solution will he use?

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Question 1133492: convert 15gtt= tsp

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Question 1133509: a photographer must mix a chemical in the ratio of 1 part chemical for every 7 parts of water. How many ounces of chemical should be used to make a 3 qt total mixture
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Question 1133639: A radiator contains 10 quarts of fluid, 25% of which is antifreeze. How much fluid should be drained and replaced with a fluid that is 90% antifreeze so that the resulting mixture is 45% antifreeze? Give both the exact answer and a decimal approximation, rounded to two decimal places. Be sure to include appropriate
units.

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Question 1133711: Kevin stuffs shrimp in his job as a seafood chef. He can stuff 1,300 shrimp in 4 hours. When his sister helps him, they can stuff 1,300 shrimp in 3 hours. If Kevin gets sick, how long will it take his sister to stuff 650 shrimp?
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Question 1133711: Kevin stuffs shrimp in his job as a seafood chef. He can stuff 1,300 shrimp in 4 hours. When his sister helps him, they can stuff 1,300 shrimp in 3 hours. If Kevin gets sick, how long will it take his sister to stuff 650 shrimp?
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Question 1133793: A chemistry experiment requires a 30% solution of sodium chloride. I have 50 milliliters of 20% solution. How many milliliters of 50% solution should I add to obtain the required 30% solution?
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Question 1133840: A experiment calls for 40 gallons of a 70% saline solution. You only have a 80% saline solution and a 40% saline solution. Let x represent the amount of 80% saline solution and y represent the amount of 40% saline solution, what is the equation that describes the total amount of pure saline in the solution?
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Question 1133846: How do I do this problem?
Problem: A mixture is made by combining 1.80lb of salt and 5.29lb of water what is the percentage of salt (by mass) in this mixture?

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Question 1133843: In investing $5,900 of a couple's money, a financial planner put some of it into a savings account paying 5% annual simple interest. The rest was invested in a riskier mini-mall development plan paying 13% annual simple interest. The combined interest earned for the first year was $583. How much money was invested at each rate?
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Question 1133921: Create a mixture problem that could be solved by using the equation 4x + 6(12 − x) = 5(12).
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Question 1133925: In mixture problems, explain why it is important to distinguish between the quantity and the value (or strength) of the materials being combined.

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Question 1133925: In mixture problems, explain why it is important to distinguish between the quantity and the value (or strength) of the materials being combined.

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Question 1133930: A man wants to make up 100 one-pound jars of nuts to sell for 66 cents a jar. He plans to use 40 pounds of nuts worth 75 cents a pound. What should be the price of the other type of nuts he uses?
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Question 1133930: A man wants to make up 100 one-pound jars of nuts to sell for 66 cents a jar. He plans to use 40 pounds of nuts worth 75 cents a pound. What should be the price of the other type of nuts he uses?
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Question 1133930: A man wants to make up 100 one-pound jars of nuts to sell for 66 cents a jar. He plans to use 40 pounds of nuts worth 75 cents a pound. What should be the price of the other type of nuts he uses?
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Question 1133930: A man wants to make up 100 one-pound jars of nuts to sell for 66 cents a jar. He plans to use 40 pounds of nuts worth 75 cents a pound. What should be the price of the other type of nuts he uses?
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Question 1133931: How many gallons of a 60% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 60 gallons of 10% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 50% antifreeze?
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Question 1133931: How many gallons of a 60% antifreeze solution must be mixed with 60 gallons of 10% antifreeze to get a mixture that is 50% antifreeze?
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Question 1134014: A baker purchased 11 lb of wheat flour and 10 lb of rye flour for a total cost of $14.65. A second purchase, at the same prices, included 13 lb of wheat flour and 15 lb of rye flour. The cost of the second purchase was $19.70. Find the cost per pound of the wheat flour and of the rye flour.
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Question 1134075: how many liters of a 90% acid solution must be mixed with a 15% acid solution to get 600 liters of a 80% solution?
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Question 1134182: The average annual snowfall for Boise, ID, is 19.8 inches. Anchorage, AK, receives an average of 74.5 inches.
1. Anchorage receives, on average, ___% more snow than Boise.
2. Boise receives, on average, ___% less snow than Anchorage.

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Question 1134079: Nico is saving money for his college education. He invests some money at 5%, and ​$2100 less than that amount at 4 %. The investments produced a total of ​$177 interest in 1 yr. How much did he invest at each​ rate?
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Question 1134536: You are taking a multiple choice test containing 60 questions. Each question has 5 choices. What is the best prediction for the number of questions you will answer correctly?
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Question 1134554: The following statements are false. Correct each statement by writing only the correct word.
1 Power is the force exerted by the earth on a falling body or object.
2 Flow velocity is the resistance to the flow of a liquid.
3 Surface water is found beneath the ground.
4 Methane gas is a very poisonous gas; it dissolves in water to form a weak hydrosulphuric acid
5 Protozoa are coliform bacteria that reside in the intestinal tract of humans, and are excreted in large numbers.

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