239 Answered Questions for the topic Proportions

Proportions

10/18/16

During one season, a basketball player made 353 of 765 free throws. At that rate, how many free throws would the player make in another 600 attempts.
we are doing proportions and equations. 
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Proportions

10/15/16

a 8.4ft tall baby giraffe casts a 48.7 ft long shadow, then how long is the shadow that a 16.2 ft tall statue casts? Set up a proportion to solve this problem.
a 8.4ft tall baby giraffe casts a 48.7 ft long shadow, then how long is the shadow that a 16.2 ft tall statue casts? Set up a proportion to solve this problem.
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Proportions

10/07/16

39 percent of portfolio rose 5.8% and 61 percent of portfolio rose 3.8%. What is average percent rise?
I'm trying to figure the average gain in two stock funds. The proportion of each fund is as stated. As are the returns for both. 
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Proportions Ratios Percentages

09/28/16

Argyle can read 7 pages of his book in in five minutes. At that rate, haw many pages can he read in 2 hours?
 7/5p*2=t
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Proportions Math Proportion Time

09/21/16

proportion
Nuala drives to her grandma’s. She drives at 20 miles per hour . The journey takes 50 minutes. How long would the journey take if if Nuala drove at 40 miles per hour?
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Proportions

09/19/16

Sarah worked 10 more hours than Josh. If Sarah worked 7 hr for every 2 hr Josh worked, how long did they each work?
Round your answer to the nearest tenth. Rounddollar amounts to the nearest cent   please show steps thank you 
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Proportions

09/01/16

Unit rate to write an equation
A car can travel 476 miles on 14 gallons of gas.  Write an equation relating the distance d to the number of gallons g. How many gallons of gas does this car need to travel 578 miles. 
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Proportions

07/22/16

Two triangles are similar in proportion. One triangle has sides of 3, 4, and 5 inches the other triangle has sides of x, 10 and y. Solve for x.
This is supposed to be a proportion problem.  Wasn't sure how to set up.
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06/07/16

Percents and proportions
Mrs. Miller sells a house for $179,000. If she earns a commission of 6%, how much money does she earn? Write a proportion.    I do not know how to write a proportion, can somebody please show me... more
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Proportions

06/06/16

A worker can pack 144 boxes of shirts in 3 hours. At this rate, how long would he take to pack 240 boxes of shirts?
plealaw help to solve this problem.
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Proportions

06/03/16

Not sure how to do this. Have tried multiple times
A patient is to receive Amoxil 250mg po every 8 hours. Amoxil is avaliable in a 150mL bottle with a concntration of 250mg/5mL. This bottle will provide how many doses and will last how many days?
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Proportions

05/21/16

Arithmetic and Composition
The cost to manufacture a product is proportional to the quantity produced, with a cost of $200000 dollars per day when 800 items are produced. The cost to store n items is proportional to the... more
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Proportions

04/11/16

a poll of 1600 voters in one district showed that 63% of them would favor stricture gun control laws.
Find the margin of error for the 95% confidence interval for the study.
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Proportions Intervals

04/11/16

help with question
A person claims to be able to predict the outcome of flipping a coin. This person is correct 16/25 times. Compute the 95% confidence interval on the proportion of times this person can predict coin... more
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Proportions Geometry Fast Aviation

03/15/16

after flying at an altitude of 500 meters, a helicopter starts to descend
after flying at an altitude of 500 meters, a helicopter starts to descend when its ground distance from landing pad is 11 kilometers. What is the angle of depression for this part of the flight?
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Proportions Algebra 1 Ratio

03/04/16

they used $100 worth of wood in 25 days. he needs to burn wood at that rate for 92 days.how much will the 92 day supply of wood cost?
 I think its supposed to be a ratio? im not sure
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Proportions Algebra 1 Ratios

03/04/16

she typed 3 pages of the paper in 55 min.if she stays at the same rate how long will i take to type entire 21 page paper?
Express answer in hours and minutes
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Proportions Algebra 1

03/02/16

adding porch that is 18 ft long.the drawing by the carpenter shows the length is 11 inches.the drawing shows the width of the porch 8inc
how many ft wide will the porch be?
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03/01/16

Help with a word problem (ratios)?
On my Yahoo email account, for every 20 emails I receive, 4 are spam. I only look at 2 out of every 17 spam emails that I receive. If I looked at 10 spam emails last month, how many total emails... more
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Proportions Equation Word Problem

02/27/16

Write a proportion that can be used to find x, the number of people who rode the coaster during a 12-hour period, if the rate is the same.
During a 3-hour period, 2,292 people rode the roller coaster at an amusement park. Write a proportion that can be used to find x, the number of people who rode the coaster during a 12-hour period,... more
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Proportions

02/25/16

derrick live 3 miles from the park.he rode his bike to the park at an average speed of 9mph. how mant miniutes did it take him to ride to the park?
im stuck on my math homework and im in 7th grade
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Proportions Fractions

02/24/16

make these fraction into proportions , and do somethig nwith the 35
I don't really understand how to do proportions , need help on that!
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02/21/16

Proportion word problem
For a fixed voltage, the current in an electrical circuit varies inversely with the resistance in the current. If a certain circuit has a current of 2.5 amps when the resistance is 150 ohms, find... more
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Proportions

02/21/16

If you can but 12 bulbs of garlic for $4.68, then how many can you buy with $2.34?
12 = 4.68  n = 2.34
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Proportions

02/17/16

are there any tricks to proportions?
Like is there easy ways to do it and if so how
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