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Posted On Jun 1, 2016
Jim purchased 2 pieces of property that had been foreclosed on by a local bank for a total of $330,000. When he[..]
Posted On Jun 1, 2016
Martha earned a gross pay of $1,215.60 last week. Using the fact that Social Security tax is 6.2% of gross pay,[..]
Posted On May 31, 2016
After graduating college, you get two job offers, otherwise equal in every way: $40,000 starting salary, with[..]
Posted On May 31, 2016
Cathy wants to finish a novel as soon as possible. So far she has read only 84 pages. What the fraction of the[..]
Posted On May 30, 2016
The perimeter of a rectangular-shaped field is 118ft. the width is 23ft shorter than the length. Find the length and[..]
Posted On May 30, 2016
A scientist determined that the bones from a mastodon had lost 63.963.9​% of their​ carbon-14. How old were the[..]
Posted On May 30, 2016
find the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle if a=3 and b=4
Posted On May 30, 2016
What is the probability of rolling a 6-sided die and getting a 4 or a number divisible by 3?
Posted On May 30, 2016
The scoop of an excavator holds 27 ft3 of sand. If the capacity of a freight car is 40 tons of sand and we know that[..]
Posted On May 29, 2016
Suppose that the distance a car travels varies directly with the amount of gasoline it uses. A certain car uses 17[..]