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Posted On Sep 21, 2012
An investor invested a total of $2300 in two mutual funds. One fund earned a 5% profit while the other earned a %3[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
A rectangular garden is 20 ft longer than it is wide. Its area is 8000 sqft. What are its dimensions? Its width[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
Mutt and Jeff need to paint a fence. Mutt can do the job alone 8 hours faster than Jeff. If together they work for 9[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
The difference of two positive numbers is 5 and the sum of their squares is 37. Find the numbers. The bigger[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
The area of a rectangle is 32, and its perimeter is 24 . Find its dimensions and diagonal. Longer side: Shorter[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
Mutt and Jeff need to paint a fence. Mutt can do the job alone 8 hours faster than Jeff. If together they work for 9[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
Mutt and Jeff need to paint a fence. Mutt can do the job alone 8 hours faster than Jeff. If together they work for 9[..]
Posted On Sep 21, 2012
A photocopying company has two different price lists. The first price list is $100 plus 3 cents per copy. The second[..]
Posted On Sep 20, 2012
Write a equation in slope-intercept form relating the basic fee and per-hour charge
Posted On Sep 20, 2012
The population of the world in 1987 was 5 billion and the growth rate was estimated at 2 percent per year. Find what[..]