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Question 1002965: A "Sparky" is a new unit of measure for angles invented by students at Arizona State University. An angle corresponding to one full rotation around a circle measures exactly 170 Sparkies.
Convert 84 degrees to Sparkies. Enter an exact value.
Previous answer I received was wrong. Please help...!
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Question 1002966: A "Sparky" is a new unit of measure for angles invented by students at Arizona State University. An angle corresponding to one full rotation around a circle measures exactly 170 Sparkies.
Convert 66 Sparkies to radians. Enter an exact value.
Previous answer I received was wrong. Please help.
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Question 1003046: A gallon of milk sells for $3.18, and a quart of milk sells for $0.76. Which item has the better unit price? Justify your answer using two different methods.
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Question 1003051: A general contractor is constructing a building that requires a concrete foundation that is to be 35 feet by 28 feet and 15 inches thick. If the local home supply store sells concrete for $ 90 per cubic yard, what will be the cost of the concrete for the foundation?

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Question 1005764: Whats the unit rate of $3.18 for 12 slices
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Question 1008617: cm
mm
kg
m
g
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Question 1009438: my age is 22 years. find my age in seconds. suppose a year has 360 days.
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Question 1009533: Please help me solve this problem.
An artist makes a profit of (500p-p^2) dollars from selling p paintings. What is the fewest number of paintings the artist can sell to make a profit of at least $60,000?
Thank you.
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Question 1010780: The serving size for doritos is 12 chips and they contain a total of 100 calories. if evelyn at 28 chips, how many calories did she intake?
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Question 1011594: A snail going full speed was taking 1/5 of a minute to move 1/2 of a centimeter. At this rate,how long would it take the snail to travel a centimeter
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Question 1011954: On A Math Quiz, Arthur Scored Twice What Billy Scored. Chris Scored Three Points Higher Than Arthur. They Scored 33 Points Combined. Find Each Person's Quiz Score
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Question 1012305: A shopkeeper offers a 25% discount on the marked price of an item. In oder for the item to now cost $48.00, what should the market price be?
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Question 1012429: Nathan's lawnmower uses 2/3 of a tank of gas to cut three one-acre lawns.How many one-acre lawns can he cut with a full tank of gas?plz explain
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Question 1012472: Please help me solve this equation: rectangle area=48cm^2, height=8cm^2 find the base
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Question 1012472: Please help me solve this equation: rectangle area=48cm^2, height=8cm^2 find the base
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Question 1012472: Please help me solve this equation: rectangle area=48cm^2, height=8cm^2 find the base
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Question 1003378: The area of a football field can be calculated by multiplying the length and width of
the field. (that is, ) Find the area of a regulation football field in feet, given
that the length of the field is 360 feet (120 yards) and the width is 160 feet (53 1/3
yards).

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Question 995957: What is the cost of coal in dollars per ton if it costs $0.04 per kilogram ?

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Question 999457: The length of a rectangle board is 10 centimeters longer than its width.the width of the board is cut into 9 equal parts what is the area of each piece?what are the possible dimensions of each piece
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Question 1012936: A kilogram of clay can make 3 small pots with 200 grams of clay as left over. How many pots can be made with 4 kilograms of clay?
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Question 1012936: A kilogram of clay can make 3 small pots with 200 grams of clay as left over. How many pots can be made with 4 kilograms of clay?
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Question 1013044: If 2 * 4 = 10, 3 * 5 = 13, what is 4 * 7?
Please help me with solution pleaseeee;
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Question 1013044: If 2 * 4 = 10, 3 * 5 = 13, what is 4 * 7?
Please help me with solution pleaseeee;
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Question 1013216: In a basket factory,lan finished 5 baskets in 2 hours while joy finished 10 baskets in 3 hours. If they work at the same rate, how many baskets can they finish together in 12 hours?
Please help,cause i dont understand! my mom gonna suspend me help me. with solution pleaseeeeee
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Question 1013381: you have 28 girls and 25 boys in a classroom. You put each of their names on a piece of paper and put the papers in a hat.

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Question 1015857: Time & distance
Hello,

I would like to get a solution for this question please.
Convert the following to the units given :
160 km/hr to m/s. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

Thank you in advance

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Question 1016592: Compute the density in g/cm3 of a piece of metal that has a mass of 0.505 kg and a volume of 53 cm3.
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Question 1017472: A pond has a surface area of 1552 m squared. Convert this quantity into each of the following units:
a. ft squared
b. km squared
c. dm squared
I have come to the conclusion that a might be 5088.52 ft squared- I converted using the information of 1 ft = 0.305 m. Is this correct and if not can you please show me what I did wrong?
I think b might be 1.55 km squared, is this correct and if not can you walk me through it to see what I did wrong?
I have no idea how to do c, assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Question 1018832: I'm not sure on this.
Fish costs �7 for 1kg. Find the cost of:
A) 600g
B) 350g
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Question 1018832: I'm not sure on this.
Fish costs �7 for 1kg. Find the cost of:
A) 600g
B) 350g
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Question 1019528: Ten men working for 6 days of 10 hours each, finish 5/21 of a piece of work . How many men working at the same rate and for the same number of hours each day, will be required to complete the remaining work in 8 day?
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Question 1019741: The classroom ceiling Is 3 meters high and the hall ceiling is 315 cm high. How much taller os thr hall ceiling than in the classroom?
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Question 1020135: If a Cessna 172 requires 20 seconds to reach its liftoff speed of 120 km/h, what is its average acceleration?
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Question 1020644: Marge mixes 5 gallons of lemonade with 3 quarts of cherry drink to make cherry lemonade. About how many 9 ounce servings will this recipe make?
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Question 1020818: Find the formula of the volume of a cylinder using the following variables V = volume, h = height, r = radius. Describe how you found the constant in the formula you have given. Using the formula you just discovered, find the volume to the nearest tenth of a cylinder with a radius 4cm and height 15.92cm.
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Question 1021055: The concrete floor will be in the shape of a cuboid, 5.5 by 6m by 10cm
Georgiu knows that to make 1m3 of concrete he needs
300kg of cement
600kg sand
1200kg gravel
Cost of material are
Cement 25kg bag �4.99
Sand 950kg �3.99
Gravel 850kg �39.99
Georgiu has plenty of sand and gravel.
He has a budget of �150
Does georgiu have enough money in his budget has a budget to buy the cement?

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Question 1021324: One and one-half ounces of a medication are required for a 140-pound adult. At the same rate, how many additional ounces of medication are required for a 210-pound adult?
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Question 1021323: One hundred forty-four ceramic tiles are required to tile a 25-square-foot area. At this rate, how many tiles are required to tile 300 ft2?
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Question 1022215: Identify the sample and the population for each situation.
A marine biologist randomly selects 30 oysters from a research tank. The mean weight of the 3o oysters is calculated.
A civiv engineer randomly selects 10 city intersections with traffic lights. The mean length of a red light is calculated for the sample.
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Question 1022778: 6. How much would you lose, if you exchanged $500.00 CAD for euros and then converted them back to $CAD on the same day? (3 marks)
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Question 1022775: 3. Teryn is going to Kenya. How many Kenyan shillings will the bank sell her for $1000 Canadian? (1
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Question 1022777: 5. Dianne works as a bank teller. A customer she sells a customer 250 British pounds. How many Canadian dollars would the British pounds cost? (1 mark)
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Question 1022774: 2. Calculate the amount you would get in Canadian dollars if the bank bought the following from you. (4 marks)
a) 900 Brazilian real b) 250 Euros
c) 3000 Swiss francs d) 145 British pounds
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Question 1022773: 1. Using the following information, calculate how much of the foreign currency would the bank sell you for $500.00 CAD. Round to the nearest unit. (4 marks)
a) Japanese yen b) Mexican peso,
c) Singapore dollar d) US dollar
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