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Question 1174336: A new flat screen TV is surrounded by a plastic border to protect the screen itself. The protective plastic border is uniform in width and has outer dimensions 36” by 40”. The actual screen is 80% of the total area of the flat screen TV. What is the width of the uniform plastic border and what are the dimensions of the actual screen?
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Question 1174561: Eleven fidget spinners cost less than $12. Twelve fidget spinners cost more than $13. How many cents does one fidget spinner cost?
I know that this is an easy problem but can you please tell me how to Organize this and also give the answer plz so i can cross reference to work for future problems.
Thanks,
Policekid0
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Question 1174667: How many liters of a solution containing 18% sulfuric acid and how many litres of another solution containing 25% sulfuric acid must be mixed together to make 550 L of a solution containing 23% sulfuric acid? (All percentages are by volume.) Round to three significant digits.
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Question 1174670: A certain car ideally requires an engine oil which is composed of 91.50% base oil and the rest in additives. How many gallons of 87.00% engine oil and how many gallons of 93.50% engine oil must be combined to produce 50.00 gallons of 91.50% engine oil? rounded up 2 decimals.
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Question 1174670: A certain car ideally requires an engine oil which is composed of 91.50% base oil and the rest in additives. How many gallons of 87.00% engine oil and how many gallons of 93.50% engine oil must be combined to produce 50.00 gallons of 91.50% engine oil? rounded up 2 decimals.
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Question 1174705: A manufacturer produces three models of bicycles. The time
(in hours) required for assembling, painting, and packaging
each model is as follows.
Model A Model B Model C
Assembling 2 2.5 3
Painting 1.5 2 1
Packaging 1 0.75 1.25
The total time available for assembling, painting, and packaging is 4006 hours, 2495 hours and 1500 hours, respectively.
The profit per unit for each model is $45 (Model A), $50
(Model B), and $55 (Model C). How many of each type
should be produced to obtain a maximum profit?
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Question 1174706: A company has budgeted a maximum of $600,000 for advertising a certain product nationally. Each minute of television
time costs $60,000 and each one-page newspaper ad costs
$15,000. Each television ad is expected to be viewed by 15
million viewers, and each newspaper ad is expected to be
seen by 3 million readers. The company’s market research
department advises the company to use at most 90% of the
advertising budget on television ads. How should the
advertising budget be allocated to maximize the total audience?
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Question 1175074: Tea Leaf Corp. mixes green tea that costs Php 76.00 per kg with mint tea that costs Php 62.50 per kg. How many kilograms of green tea should be mixed with 200 kg of mint tea to make a mixture worth Php 70.00 per kg?
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Question 1175074: Tea Leaf Corp. mixes green tea that costs Php 76.00 per kg with mint tea that costs Php 62.50 per kg. How many kilograms of green tea should be mixed with 200 kg of mint tea to make a mixture worth Php 70.00 per kg?
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Question 1174707: An investor has up to $250,000 to invest in three types of investments. Type A pays 8% annually and has a risk factor of
0. Type B pays 10% annually and has a risk factor of 0.06.
Type C pays 14% annually and has a risk factor of 0.10. To
have a well-balanced portfolio, the investor imposes the following conditions. The average risk factor should be no
greater than 0.05. Moreover, at least one-fourth of the total
portfolio is to be allocated to Type A investments and at least
one-fourth of the portfolio is to be allocated to Type B investments. How much should be allocated to each type of investment to obtain a maximum return?
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Question 1175237: Good evening. I have the following word problem and I was wondering if I can find some help. Thanks in advance.
"The total of Dharma's, Eugenio's, and Fern's final exam scores is 271. If Dharma's score is added to Eugenio's score, the sum is 11 points less than twice Fern's score. If Eugenio's score is 5 points higher than Dharma's score, what is each student's final exam score?"
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Question 1175237: Good evening. I have the following word problem and I was wondering if I can find some help. Thanks in advance.
"The total of Dharma's, Eugenio's, and Fern's final exam scores is 271. If Dharma's score is added to Eugenio's score, the sum is 11 points less than twice Fern's score. If Eugenio's score is 5 points higher than Dharma's score, what is each student's final exam score?"
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Question 1175262: A certain bread recipe asks you to combine yeast and sugar with 4 cups of warm 105 °F water. If the water is hotter or colder than that, then the bread won't rise.
All you have available are boiling water that is 220 °F and cold tap water that is 60 °F.
How much boiling water and cold tap water should you mix together to get 4 cups of 105 °F water?
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Question 1175487: A company produces fruity drinks that contain a percentage of real fruit juice. Drink A contains 25% real fruit juice and Drink B contains 20% real fruit juice. Company made 280 liters of fruity drinks with 61 liters of real fruit juice. Write a system of equations that could be used to determine the number of liters of Drink A made and the number of liters of Drink B made. Define the variables that you use to write the system.
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Question 1175572: Aling Mely who owns a coffee store in Divisoria Market wishes to mix first class Batamgas Coffee must that sells at ₱200 per kilograms with 25 kg of imported coffee from Sri Lanka that sell at ₱150 per kilogram. How many kilograms of Batangas coffee must mixed with sri lanka coffee to obtain a mixture worth of ₱175 per kilogram? How much of the mixture will be produced? (With Checking)
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Question 1108039: Mark earned in average of $20 in eight weeks. Are the following amount possible reflecting of his earnings?Select yes or no.Explain.
A)$20, $10, $30, $20, $50, $15, $35, $10
B) $15, $30, $60, $10, $10, $25,$5,$5
C) $12, $15,$12,$22,$8,$5,$75,$5
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Question 1176171: If $500 is deрosited in an ассount paying 8.5% annual interest, compounded semiannually, how long willit take for the асcount to increase to $1000? Нow long will it take for the account to increase to $1000 if compounded continuously?
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Question 1176171: If $500 is deрosited in an ассount paying 8.5% annual interest, compounded semiannually, how long willit take for the асcount to increase to $1000? Нow long will it take for the account to increase to $1000 if compounded continuously?
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Question 1176170: If $ 500 is decompressed in an account paying 8.5% annual interest, compounded semiannually, how long willit take for the account to increase to $ 1000? How long will it take for the account to increase to $ 41000 if compounded continuously?
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