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- Unknown subtracted
When a number is subtracted by 3.75, the difference is 6.25. What is the number? - In the desert
A man wondering in the desert walks 5.7 miles in the direction S 26° W. He then turns 90° and walks 9 miles in the direction N 49° W. At that time, how far is he from his starting point, and what is his bearing from his starting point? - Hardware store
At the hardware store, 1/4 of the nails are size 2d, and 3/8 of the nails are size 4d. What fraction of the nails are either size 2d or 4d? - Inflated
By the time a man decided to buy a house, the cost had inflated by around 8% to £182,000. What was the approximate price before inflation? - Sum of 25
The Sum of two rational numbers is -2/3. If one of the numbers is 4/5, find the other. - Tristan
Tristan normally wrestles at 80 pounds. He wants to add enough weight to move into the 84-pound division. What percent of his current body weight must he add? - Sss triangle 2
Construct triangle ABC in which |AB|=5 cm, |AC|=6 cm and |BC|=9 cm - Arithmetic mean deviation
Arithmetic mean xA=40 and standard deviation sx=8 were calculated. Determine from which numbers the student calculated the given characteristics: a) 24 and 56 b) 16 and 64 c) 32 and 48 - Exist triangle
Which of the following set of numbers could not represent the three sides of a triangle A. 13,22,34 B. 8,20,30 C. 10,14,23 D. 15,25,37 - Resistor parallel total
How much resistance must be connected in parallel with the 1-ohm resistor to make the total resistance 0.6 ohm? - A charge
A charge of 9 C passes through series-connected resistors with resistances of 40 ohms and 60 ohms in 1 minute. a) What voltage are they connected to? b) Calculate the voltage across each resistor. - Resistor series voltage Resistors with resistances of 6 ohms and 10 ohms are connected in series to a voltage of 24 V. a) How much current passes through them? b) What are the voltages on the individual resistors?
- Minute hand angle
How many hours does it take for the minute hand to travel a straight line and a right angle? - A light bulb
We want to connect a 2.5 V, 0.3 A light bulb to a flat battery. How much resistance and how do we need to connect to the light bulb? - Ribbon veil sewing
A seamstress needs 3/5 meters of ribbon to sew the veil. How much can she sew like this if she bought 24 meters of ribbon? - A three-pack
A three-pack of bar soap has a wholesale cost of $1.15. A pharmacy wants to sell this product with a markup of 60%. What are the amounts of the markup and the retail price of a pack of soap? A. markup: $0.69; retail price: $1.84 B. markup: $0.69; retail p - A fruit
A fruit grower uses 1/3 of his land for bananas, 3/8 for pineapples, 1/6 for mangoes, and the remainder for oranges. What fraction of his land is used for oranges? - If four
If four friends evenly split 6 1/2 pounds of candy, how many pounds of candy does each friend get? - Hakeem Hakeem subtracted 8 from a number, then multiplied the difference by 4/5. The result was 20. Write and solve an equation to find the number, x.
- The ratio 9
The ratio of the present age of Raul and Rohit is 5:7. Four years ago, Rohit age is 12 more than Raul's age. Then find their present age.
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