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- The profit 6
A man sells an article at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold for $5 less, he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price of the article. - Swim kilometers
Amy swam 2/9 kilometers to an island. Then she swam 1/9 kilometers to a boat. How far did she swim in all? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form. - A road 2
A road crew must repave a road that is 4/5 miles long. They can repave 1/20 miles each hour. How long will it take the crew to repave the road? Write your answer in simplest form. - The sum 53
The sum ofthree numbers of a GP series is 35 and their product is 1000. Find the numbers. - A train 7
A train overtakes two persons. They are walking in the same direction as the train at the rate of 2 km/hr and 4 km/hr. The train passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. Find the length of the train. - A person 3
A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C and D in the ratio 1/3 : 1/4 : 1/5 : 1/6. What is the minimum number of pens that the person should have? - A train 6
A train covers a distance 10km, 20km, and 30km in 50 kmph, 60 kmph and 90 kmph respectively. Find the average speed of the train (in km/h).
- A pie 16
A pie is divided into 100 guests. Guest 1 gets 1%, guest 2 gets 2% of what left,... and so on. Who gets the largest piece of pie? - The centroid
The centroid of a triangle ABC is at the point (3,3,3). If the coordinates of A and B are (3, –5, 7) and (–1, 7, – 6) respectively, find the coordinates of the point C. - Tammy
Tammy attends Gray River College. Tuition this year is $6,450. Tammy's parents have saved $2,000 for her tuition this year. She also has a grant for $1,100 and a music scholarship for $800. Tammy plans to earn the rest at her work-study job. How much mone - The surface 5
The surface area of a cylinder is 6140 cm², and the radius is 25 cm. What is the height? - A building
A building has a height of 125 meters and a length of 80 meters. On a scale drawing of the building, the height of 25 centimeters. What is the length of the building on the scale drawing in centimeters? - A watch
If a watch is sold at 60 USD, there is a loss of 15%, for a profit of 2%, the watch is to be sold at how many USD? - A rope for cow
Find the length of a rope by which a cow must be tethered in order that it may be able to graze an area of 154 sq m . - Two types of ore
A total of 42 tons of two types of ore is to be added into a smelter. The first type contains 6% copper and the other contains 2.5% copper. Find the necessary amounts of each ore to produce 2 tons of copper.
- The average 19 The average age of a class was 15 years. When 5 boys whose average age was 12 years 6 months were admitted in the class, the average was reduced by 6 months. How many students were there in the class originally?
- Cu ore An ore contains 5% copper. How much ore is required to obtain 400 grams of copper?
- The Earth and Moon
The diameter of the Moon is approximately 1/4 of the diameter of the Earth. What fraction of the volume of the Earth is the volume of the Moon? - The shadow 2
The shadow of a tower standing on a level ground is found to be 40 m longer when the Sun’s altitude is 30° than when it is 60°. Find the height of the tower. - Journey trip
A man performs 2/15 of the total journey by rail, 9/20 by bus and the remaining 10 km, on the cycle. What is his total journey?
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