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Percents Word Problems
01/25/16
after the holidays pilar paid $2.80 for a roll of wrapping paper. this was 30% of the original price. What was the original price of the wrapping paper?
need to know what the original price of the wrapping paper was.
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01/07/16
Percentage Question
you are making cupcakes for bake sale. 24 are vanilla, 36 chocolate. you want chocolate cupcakes to make up 70 percent of total number of cupcakes. Write and solve proportion to find number of...
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Percents
12/14/15
a $210 suit is on sale for a 20% discount. Find the amount of the discount and the sale price.
original price: $210, rate of discount: 20%, discount:, sale price:
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Percents
12/03/15
If a taxi ride after tip cost Anna 24 dollars and she left a 20 percent tip, how much was the cost of the taxi ride before the tip?
hi please help
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12/03/15
Bobby invested 150 dollars in a saving account which earned interest. If his account grew to 250 dollars, at which percent did he earn interest?
I don't want to know the answer I just need some help solving the problem
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Percents
12/03/15
The price of an airline ticket increases 10% every year. If the price of a ticket in 2012 is $200, how much will it cost in 3 years?
Please help me :(
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Percents
11/24/15
I'm confused
How many gallons of a 20 % antifreeze solution and a 10 % antifreeze solution must be mixed to obtain 15 gal of a 18 % antifreeze solution? Round to the nearest gallon, if necessary.
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Percents
11/06/15
Price before tax
You just paid $310.25 for an item that included a sales tax of 7%. What was the price of the item before tax? Show all work.
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Percents
11/05/15
fractions, decimals, and percents
How to make 22.2%(repeating) a decimal, and fraction
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Percents
11/03/15
Definition of Percent
There are 100 students taking a math course. if 18% earn an A, how many students earned an A?
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Percents Word Problem
10/14/15
word problem, two supermarkets have the same laundry detergent on sale.
Supermarket A offers a 33% discount off the regular price.
Supermarket B sells it at the regular price but in bonus packs which contains 50% more
Which supermarket offers a better deal?
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Percents Word Problem
10/14/15
Word Problem, Robert decided to try making fresh butter so he purchased 10kg of heavy cream, which is 36% fat by weight
the rest is water and milk protein, the butter is made from the cream by removing some of the water and milk protein. If the butter contains 80% fat by weight, how much butter will Robert be able...
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Percents Word Problem
10/14/15
Word Problem: Tina is ordering t-shirts for the annual fun run. She decides to distribute the sizes as follows:
65% of the t-shirts will be medium. The number of t-shirts in size small will be 40% of the t-shirts in size medium, and the remaining 450 t-shirts will be in size large. How many t-shirts is she...
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Percents Word Problem
10/12/15
will the area of a rectangle change if you increase the length by 20% and decrease the width by 20%? If so, by what percentage?
word problem
09/27/15
Word Problem help
A population is 25,000 in year t = 0 and grows at a continuous rate of 7.5% per year. Find a formula for P(t), the population in year t
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Percents
09/21/15
homework question
is it the same thing saying the price increased by 53%, and the new price is 153% of the old price? if so how would i go about solving this and knowing if it is true or false?
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Percents
08/14/15
If the average cost of a one day hospital stay in 2009 is $6,838 and a percent change of +28.8% how much did it cost to spend one day in the hospital in 2008?
This is a problem from my weekly work in my business math class.
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Percents
07/19/15
I'm in math and Society and this is one of my homework questions that I don't understand.
Abby and Beth are having a discussion about who can guess the president's approval rate. Abby guesses 57% give or take 2%, while Beth guesses 73% give or take 4%. The local news announces the...
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07/08/15
Solve this please, as quick as possible
Harris invested $200 in a savings account for 5 years. At the end of 5 years, his savings account had $450 in it.If $200 represents P, the principal amount, which percent represents the annual...
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Percents
07/06/15
percentages
James a sales rep at a computer retail outlet, receives a commission of 3% for every computer and 5% for every monitor he sells, the selling price of computer is $800, and for monitor for $250, if...
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Percents
07/06/15
urgent please
Ronald, an investment banker, sold his shares for $18,568.50 when there was a boom in the stock market. calculate the amount he paid for the shares if his selling price was 180.65% of the amount...
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Percents
07/06/15
help me please
the actual expenditure for the construction of a local highway was 110% of the budgeted amount. if the actual expenditure was $1,280,000. what is the budgeted amount
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Percents
07/06/15
urgent help
calculate the following
20% of 350
12.5% of 800
130% of 40
0.25% of 75
1/4% of 200km
5 1/2% of $1000
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