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Question 1142536: Sally is having a problem with her puppy leaving the yard so she decides to build a new fence. The length of the rectangular yard is 8 feet more than 4 times the width. She needs 106 feet of fencing to do the job. Find the length of the yard.
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Question 1142572: A chef is going to use a mixture of two brands of Italian dressing. The first brand contains 6% vinegar, and the second brand contains 12% vinegar. The chef wants to make 240 milliliters of a dressing that is 7% vinegar. How much of each brand should she use?

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Question 1142581: if you add 8g of salicylic acid to 84g of an ointment base what is the final concentration (w/w) of the product
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Question 1142597: how many ounces of 5% acetic acid solution should a photographer add to 4 ounces of 50% acetic acid solution to obtain a 10% acetic acid solution
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Question 1142653: a solution of one peso coin is 5.4 grams.How many grams of copper 75% copper by mass
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Question 1142653: a solution of one peso coin is 5.4 grams.How many grams of copper 75% copper by mass
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Question 1142695: A coffee merchant blended coffee worth 93 cents a pound with coffee worth $1.20 a pound. The mixture of 30 pounds was valued by him at $1.02 a pound. How many pounds of each grade did he use?
Please, if possible, use a model for me.

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Question 1142778: If the measure of angle P of triangle PQR is 3x, the measure of angle Q is 5x and the measure of angle R is 4x. What is the value of x?
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Question 1142777: After a 20% discount at the book store, a recipe book sells for $10. What was the original price of the book?
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Question 1142779: If Katie scores an 80,83 and an 88 on her first 3 tests, what must she score in her fourth test if she wants an average of 85?
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Question 1142779: If Katie scores an 80,83 and an 88 on her first 3 tests, what must she score in her fourth test if she wants an average of 85?
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Question 1142784: If 50% of 2y is 12, what is y^2?
A)36
B) 6
C)16
D)144
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Question 1142782: The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, who is the diameter is 10. What is the length of a side of the Square.

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Question 1142782: The area of a square is equal to the area of a circle, who is the diameter is 10. What is the length of a side of the Square.

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Question 1142781: 1 knot=3 vines
2 Shings =4 knots
How many shings are in 9 vines?
E) 4/5
F) 2/3
G) 5/4
H) 3/2
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Question 1142783: In a scaled diagram, 1 inch represents 25th. How many square inches on the diagram represent one square foot?
A) 0.0025
B)0.04
C).4
D)400
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Question 1142823: After a 10% increase a population was 55. What was the population before the increase?
E) 44
F) 50
G)40
H) 45
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Question 1142829: If a regular polygon has (N-10) sides, where N= (40/10)^2, what is the measure if one of its angles?
A) 120
B) 160
C)240
D)720
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Question 1142827: If the diameter of a circle is P and P^2/4 =2whag is the area is the circle!

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Question 1142825: If A= 3r^2h^2, and (rh) increases by 100%, then the new A is how many times greater than the old A?
A)2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 12
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Question 1142833: If y=3/4 and xy^2 =9/16, what is (x-4)
A)-3
B)-13/4
C)-9/16
D)-4
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Question 1142824: The length of a rectangle solid is 10. The width, w and the height, h follow the relationship, and w^3h^3= 27. What is the volume of the rectangular solid?
A) 279
B) 30
C) 90
D)60
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Question 1142877: Jimmy stands at the window of an apartment which is 40 feet above the ground. He releases the glider which flies a straight path to his friend who catches the glider 10feet above the ground in the neighboring building. If the building are 40 feet apart. What is the distance by the glider?
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Question 1142873: The sum of two positive numbers is 6 times their difference. What is the reciprocal of the ratio of the larger number to the smaller?
A) 5/7
B)7/5
C)5/2
D)2/5
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Question 1142870: If Anthony and Bridget take turns watching TV every 4 hours and Anthony’s third watch was 10:00 PM and Bridget was the first ti watch TV then when did Bridget begin her second watch?
A) 6 PM
B) 10 AM
C) 10 Am
D) 6 Am
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Question 1142876: The new video came console was priced at $400 when it was released last year. This year, the price decreased by 15% during the holiday sale period. The game manufacturer recently announced that the same console will be re-release with new updates and expanded functionality. The retail price will be 25%greater then the previous sale price . When the game concise is re-released whatcwill be the retail price?
A) 360
B)425
C)380
D415
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Question 1142872: A boy moves 4 miles south. Then he turns 90 degrees to the left. He moves forward 6 miles. He turns 90 degrees to the left. He moves forward 4 miles. How far is he now than from his starting point?
A) 4 miles
B)3 miles
C)6 miles
D) 5 miles
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Question 1142874: The mean weekly salary of 9 teachers in a school is $1000. If there are 9 teachers and 11 assistant principals and the mean weekly salary for assistant principals and teachers is $1275, what is the mean salary of the assistant principal?
A) 1100
B) 1500
C)1137.5
D) 1300
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Question 1142928: A chemist has three different acid solutions. The first acid solution contains
20
%
acid, the second contains
35
%
and the third contains
55
%
. He wants to use all three solutions to obtain a mixture of
90
liters containing
40
%
acid, using
3
times as much of the
55
%
solution as the
35
%
solution. How many liters of each solution should be used?
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Question 1143001: Lucy scored a 85, 64 and 76 On her math exams . What score must Lucy obtain on the next math test to have an average of exactly 80?
A)93
B) 97
C)94
D)95
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Question 1143002: Helga has 4 dogs, 3 cats and 2 birds. If she closes her eyes and picks one animal, what is the probability that it does not have 4 legs?
A)2/7
B)7/9
C)2/9
D)4/7

My answer is C
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Question 1143000: 7.2 aliens = 1 monster
1 monster =15.5 oranges
Using the conversion above, how many oranges are equal to 1 alien?
A)0.46
B)1.95
C)2.15
D)22.7
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Question 1143005: If X and Y are integers, what is always even?
A) x+y /2
B) 2(x+y/2)
C)2(x+y)
D) x^2 +y^2
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Question 1143005: If X and Y are integers, what is always even?
A) x+y /2
B) 2(x+y/2)
C)2(x+y)
D) x^2 +y^2
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Question 1142998: A truck driver traveled 130 miles using 4 gallons of diesel fuel. What distance would the same truck cover using 6.7 gallons of diesel fuel?
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Question 1143003: A train is traveling at 200mph, leaves station A at 1.PM. Train B, traveling at 300mph, leaves station B at 3.PM.Both stations are directly across from each other and X miles away. If the trains meet at 4.PM, what is X
A)900 mi
B)700 mi
C) 600 mi
D)400 mo
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Question 1143004: Bernard is now y years old. Luis is 8 years older than Bernard. In therms of y, how old was Luis 5 years ago?
A) 8y-5
B)y+3
C) y +13
D) y-5

My answer is A
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Question 1143030: The sum of seven consecutive odd integers is 749, what is the largest of the seven integers ?
A)101
B)103
C)113
D)115
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