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May 19, 2013

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By what percent is a 100-watt light bulb brighter than a 60-watt light bulb? Round to the nearest tenth. 40/60 = 2/3 = 2 ÷ 3 = 0.666667 0.666667 x 100 = 66.6667% Answer: 66.7% Is this correct?

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What is the portion if the base is 900 and the rate is 12¾ %? P=RxB P=12.75x900 P=11,475 Is this correct?

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Sunshine Honda sold 112 cars this month. If that is 40% greater than last month, how many cars were sold last month? x=112*100/140 x= 80 Answer: 80 Is this correct?

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Michael Reeves, an ice cream vendor, pays $17.50 for a five-gallon container of premium ice cream. From this quantity he sells 80 scoops at $0.90 per scoop. If he sold smaller scoops, he could sell 98 scoops from the same container; however, he could charge only $0.80 per scoo...

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By what percent is a 100-watt light bulb brighter than a 60-watt light bulb? I'm not sure the equation to use to solve this one.

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Sorry Ms. Sue. I put your name in by mistake.

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After a 15% pay raise, Scott Walker now earns $27,600. What was his salary before the raise? Answer: 27600=.15x*27600 x=4140 27600-4140=23,460 Is my answer correct?

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A letter carrier can deliver mail to 112 homes per hour by walking and 168 homes per hour by driving. By what percent is productivity increased by driving? Answer: 56% Is my answer correct?

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If 453 runners out of 620 completed a marathon, what percent of the runners finished the race? (Round percent to the nearest tenth.) Answer: 453/620= .731 Changing to percent 73.1% Is this correct?

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