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02/12/16

the inn's nightly cost

Including a 6 % sales? tax, an inn charges $ 159 per night. Find the? inn's nightly cost before the tax is added.
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02/12/16

How much did she make last? year?

The cost of living last year went up 7?%. ?Fortunately, Alice Swanson got a 7?% raise in her salary from last year. This year she is earning ?$28 comma 200. How much did she make last? year?
Problem Solving

02/12/16

how much earnings did she make last year

The cost of living last year went up 14?%. ?Fortunately, Alice Swanson got a 14?% raise in her salary from last year. This year she is earning ?$22 comma 290. How much did she make last? year?
Problem Solving

02/12/16

original price

After a 70 % ?reduction, you purchase a new DVD player on sale for ?$168. What was the original price of the DVD player??
Problem Solving Math

02/11/16

finding speed of each bus

An express bus travels a certain 320km route in 1 hour less time than it takes a local bus to travel a 300km route. Find the speed of each bus if the speed of the local is 20km/h less than that of... more
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02/09/16

Problem solving

Malika decides to use some of her savings to buy a bicycle. She compares the prices of 3 brands of bicycles. The racerz, the speedmonster and the swiftee. The speedmonster's price is $64.80. The... more

Cassy drove 140 miles from her home in Palm springs to San Diego in 2 hours. How fast was she traveling.

Cassy drove 140 miles from her home in Palm springs to San Diego in 2 hours. How fast was she traveling.

01/28/16

One number is 4 less than 5 times another number. If the sum of the two numbers is 68, find the two numbers.

One number is 4 less than 5 times another number. If the sum of the two numbers is 68, find the two numbers.

Differentiation question- how do I find the c

a particle travels along a straight line with its acceleration at the time t secs equal to (3t+2)m/s^2. The particle has an initial positive velocity and travels 30 m in the fourth second. Find the... more
Problem Solving

01/22/16

Word problem

CARY USED 7 LEMONS TO MAKE 3 QUARTS OF LEMONADE.  AT this RATE How Many Lemons Will CARY Need To Make 16 Quarts Of Lemonade?
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01/17/16

Problem solving

A number of years ago, the city planning department started a tree planting program to beautify the city. Below are data that show the total number of trees (inYear===== 1988 1989 1990 1992 1995... more
Problem Solving Question

12/23/15

i need help.

How does the time taken for a walk depend on how far you go?
Problem Solving

12/11/15

The city council has approved the construction of a circular pool in front of the city hall.

The area available for the pool is a rectangular region 12 feet by 18 feet, surrounded by a brick wall. If the pool is to be as large as possible within the walled area, and edge of the pool must... more
Problem Solving

12/07/15

Omar read 3/5 of his book. If he reads 3/4 of the remaining pages, how many pages did he read if the book has 100 pages?

need help please, very confused 
Problem Solving

12/07/15

On a math test, 1/4 of the class got A's and 1/3 of the class got B's. What fraction of the class did not earn an A or B?

help with this problem please 
Problem Solving

12/06/15

We need to solve the following equation to find values for both i and j that work. 13j + i = 41.

Design an algorithm using a flowchart to explore all combinations for i and j values between 1 and 3 inclusive. Every time a pair of numbers are evaluated a message should be printed that states... more
Problem Solving Math Problem Math For Consumers

11/08/15

David Chow earns 42,000 a year

David Chow earns 42,000 a year. He is paid weekly. He is married, has no depnedents, and claims 2 withholding allowance for federal income tax purposes. The state tax rate is 2% of taxable income.... more
Problem Solving Programming

11/03/15

Develop a solution to calculate and print out these values.

mrs. brown has given a test to his class. He would like to have the average score for the class as well as the highest and lowest scores.Use a trip value to stop the processing of the loop.
Problem Solving

10/22/15

lena and jada had a total of $36. lea had twice as much as jada. After each of them bought a movie ticket, lena had 3 times as much money as jada. hom much mone

lena and jada had a total of $36. lea had twice as much as jada. After each of them bought a movie ticket, lena had 3 times as much money as jada. hom much money did lena have in the beginning? How... more
Problem Solving

10/21/15

Hal says that the greatest product of a 3-digit number and a 1-digit number is 8,891. Is he correct? Explain

 Hal says that the greatest product of a 3-digit number and a 1-digit number is 8,891. Is he correct? Explain 
Problem Solving

10/21/15

How many calories are in each food

A slice of pie with a scoop of ice cream has 850 calories. The calories in the pie alone are 100 more than twice the calories in the ice cream alone. How many calories are in each food?
Problem Solving

10/07/15

Bernard has $6.00 less than Andy but $2.75 more than Calvin. How much more money does Andy have than Calvin?

Bernard has $6.00 less than Andy but $2.75 more than Calvin. How much more money does Andy have than Calvin?

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