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02/04/16

A 16GB iPod can hold 20 hours of music. How many can a 20GB iPod hold
It has to do with proportions and I need help solving it
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02/03/16

Elise can read 22 pages in 30 minutes. Sue takes 28 minutes to read 42 pages. Who reads faster?
Elise can read 22 pages in 30 minutes and Sue takes 28 minutes to read 42 pages.  Who reads faster?
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02/03/16

Suppose that y varies directly with w and square of x and inversely with z, and y=25 when w=5, x=5, and z=10. Find y when w=4, x=5, and z=50.
For the given values, y=
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02/01/16

there are 16 animals on a farm 3/8 are horses and 1/4 are donkeys the rest are mules. How many horses,donkeys and mules are on the farm
Is there 16 students on the farm are there enough horses for all 16 students.
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02/01/16

Betty makes pies. To make 6 pies, she uses 7 1/2 cups of flour. How many cups of flour are needed to make 1 pies?
Betty makes pies. To make 6 pies, she uses 7 1/2 cups of flour. How many cups of flour are needed to make 1 pies?  
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Proportions Fractions Ratios Unit Rate

01/31/16

John Swam 1/4 of a mile in 6 minutes. Sherry swam 5/8 of a mile in 3 minutes. Who swam farther in one minute?
a). John swam ______ of a mile in one minute.   b). Sherry swam _____ of a mile in one minute.   c). ______ swam farther in one minute
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01/28/16

I need solving this
Nautical speed was once measured by throwing a rope into the water from the ship. The rope had knots every 47 ft 3 in, and its wedge-shaped end would "grab" the water. The speed was the number of... more
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Proportions Algebra

01/27/16

If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth and 16.6 pounds on the Moon. What is an equation that relates weight on Earth and weight on the Moon?
Please I need help with this word problem. 
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01/22/16

Is 5 to 4 and 35 to 28 is an equivalent proportion
5 to 4 and 35 to 28 proportion  
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01/22/16

one U.S. dollar was worth 0.64 euros. if you were to exchange 126 euros on that day, how many U.S. dollars would you have received?
A. $64.00 B. $80.00 C. $126.00 D. $196.00
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Proportions Ratios

01/13/16

The perimeter of a rectangle is 220 inches. The ratio of length to width is 7:3. Find the areattached of the rectangle.
It has the perimeter of the rectangle but that is two times area.  P= 2 (l×w). Area must be found but I don't understand how. With the ratio I don't know how to get the area from that at all. I... more
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01/08/16

After becoming an adult at 18, Jack spend a tenth of his life as an unmarried man
After becoming an adult at 18, Jack spend a tenth of his life as an unmarried man. He then got married and had his first child three years into his marriage. If he spends 2/3 of his life as a... more
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Proportions Math Percentage Percents

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... more
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12/09/15

proportion work problems
Set up and solve a proportion. Use a calculator if it is helpful. A perfume is to be mixed in the ratio of 3 drops of pure essence to 7 drops of alcohol. How many drops of pure essence should be... more
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12/02/15

if there are 200 participants, and 40 of 'em get selected , and robin got 76% marks, what chance does he have to get selected?
It's regarding genral problems and statics
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Proportions Ratios

11/27/15

Find two numbers if their sum is 91 and the ratio is 6:7.
There is no additional details about this question.
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11/17/15

The money used in Pakistan is called Rupee. The current exchange rate is 103.91. Find how many Rupees you would recieve if you exchanged 25.00
The money used in Pakistan is called Rupee. The current exchange rate is 103.91. Find how many Rupees you would recieve if you exchanged 25.00
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10/31/15

How many inches are missing from that customers piece of rope?
A customer wanted 24 feet of rope. The clerk at the hardware store used what she thought was a yardstick to measure the rope, but the yardstick was actually 2 inches too short. How many inches are... more
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10/27/15

Proportions
Niu earned $312 on an investment of $800. How much would $1100 have earned in the same investment?
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10/27/15

Proportions
Erik bought $103 Canadian with $100 American. At this rate, how many Canadian dollars can he buy with $235 American?
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10/27/15

Proportions
Didi takes her pulse for 10 sec and counts 13 beats. How many beats per minute is this?
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10/20/15

A model airplane has a scale factor of 1:48. The wingspan of the model is 8 inches. What is the wingspan of the actual airplane?
 Model Airplane scale factor of 1:48  wingspan of model airplane is 8 inches
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10/14/15

This is a proportion question how do you solve it?
You've found that taking the Tri-Delta Transit bus to LMC from the nearest bus stop takes around 40 minutes about 7 miles. If you want to take the Tri-Delta transit bus to to shopping center that... more
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10/06/15

a giraffe is 16 feet tall and cast a shadow of 24 feet. if dustin cast a shadow of 9 3/5 feet how tall is he?
a giraffe is 16 feet tall and cast a shadow of 24 feet. if dustin cast a shadow of 9 3/5 feet how tall is he?
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09/17/15

Proportion help!
One out of five people who buy ice cream buys vanilla ice cream. If a store sells 125 ice cream cones in one day, about how many will be vanilla?
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