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Inflation again
If the value of commodity increases by 85%, what percent should consumption be reduced so that spending increases by only 48%?
Carnival
Kevin is going to a carnival that has games and rides. Each game costs $1.50 and each ride costs $3. Kevin spent $18 altogether at the carnival and the number of games he played is 4 times the number of rides he went on. Write a system of equations that c
A race 2
In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 350 m, C will beat B by how many meters?
Two sons and man
A man's age is three times the sum of the ages of his two sons. After five years, his age will be twice the sum of the ages of his two sons. Find the age of the man.
Two terms and d
The 8th term of an AP is 17 and its 14th term is 29. Find the common difference of the AP.
Motorboat : current
The ratio of speeds of a motorboat to that of the current of water is 36:5. The motorboat goes along with the current in 5h 10min. Find the time to come back of the motorboat.
Father and son
Age of father is 5 times the age of his son. After 10 years, age of father will be 3 times the age of son. Find the present age of both of them .
Walking speeding
Susan walks from her home to office at 16 km/h, she is late by 5 min. If she walks by 20 km/h, she reaches 10 min before the office time. Find the distance of her office from her house.
Common work 2
Person A works twice as fast as person B. If both of them can together finish a piece of work in 12 days then person B alone can do it in how many days?
Amusement park.
A group of friends wants to go to the amusement park. They have $311.50 to spend on parking and admission. Parking is $16.75, and tickets cost $32.75 per person, including tax. Write and solve an equation which can be used to determine the number of peopl
Soccer team trip
Members of a soccer team raised $1210.50 to go to a tournament. They rented a bus for $769.50 and budgeted $31.50 per player for meals. Using equation or tape diagram find the number of players the team can bring to the tournament.
20% percentage
If 20% of A = 50% of B, what percentage of A is B?
Three legs journey
A train runs for 3 h at the speed of 40 km/h and then for 4.5 h at the speed of 60 km/h.Thus it covers 3/5th part of the whole distance. It wants to cover the remaining distance in 4 h, find the average speed of the train for remaining distance.
ABCD rhombus
ABCD is a rhombus with sides 10.5cm. If the length of the diagonal AC=15.8cm, using cosine formula. a. calculate the length of the diagonal BD correct to the nearest cm b. the angles of the rhombus to the nearest degree.
Convert 8
Convert 5775 by 16 into a mixed fraction.
A river
A river is flowing at a speed of 5 km/h. A man can swim 20 km/h in still water. The man starts swimming from A to B, distance 30 km. After reaching B the man turn back and stop swimming after reaching point A . Find the total time.
Spherical sector - parameters
Find the volume and surface area of spherical sector whose base has an altitude of 8cm. Drawn on a sphere whose diameter is 36 cm.
Recipical fraction
5/9 divided by 8/5 recipical
Insert two > GP
If 4, 36, 324 are in the geometric progression (GP) insert two more numbers in this progression so that it again forms a GP.
According 10
According to the Board of Math Examiners, approximately 62% of people taking the Math Exam passed the exam. If 18 people who have taken the Math Exam are randomly selected, what is the probability that at least 76% have passed? Round your answer to 4 deci

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