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May 19, 2013

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Math
A woman rides her bicycle from her house to and from a lake. It takes her 1 1/2 hours to ride to the lake and 1 3/4 hours to ride back. She rides downhill at 12 kilometers per hour, on level ground at 8 kilometers per hour, and uphill at 6 kilometers per hour. What is the dist...

Math
Two cars run at constant speeds around a one-mile racetrack. The faster car passes the slower car every two minutes if the cars run in the same direction. If they run in opposite directions, they meet every 15 seconds. Find the speed of the faster car in miles per hour.

English II
"Base Details" If I were fierce, and bald, and short of breath, I’d live with scarlet Majors at the Base, And speed glum heroes up the line to death. You’d see me with my puffy petulant face, Guzzling and gulping in the best hotel, Reading the Roll of Honou...

Math (Probability)
Four players are playing a game involving choosing squares on a grid of size 3×8. Each player chooses a random square on the grid, then all players reveal their choices and a token is placed in the center of each of these squares. The probability that the tokens form the...

5th grade math
It is 3,556.

Math (Algebra)
What is the remainder when 5×55×555×…×555,555,555 is divided by 100?

Math
A candy store currently sells almonds for $8.50 per kilogram and peanuts for $4.50 per kilogram. It wants to create 20 kilograms of mixed nuts that will equivalently sell for $5.30 per kilogram. How many kilograms of almonds should they use?

Math (Algebra)
If the sum of 3 non-zero distinct real numbers a, b, and c is 2, and the two sets {a,b,c} and {1/a,1/b,1/c} are the same, what is the value of a^2+b^2+c^2? Note: Two sets are the same if there is a one-to-one correspondence between their elements. For example, the sets {1,2,3}...

Math (Algebra)
The ratio of men to women in the applicants for Lamborghini this year is 4:3, while the ratio of men to women in the successful applicants is 5:3, and the ratio of men to women in the rejected pile is 1:1. If the number of successful applicants is 176, what is the number of ap...

Math (Algebra)
The sum of beads owned by John, Bob, and Dale is 273. The ratio of John's beads and Dale's is 8:5, and Dale's beads are 10/13 times Bob's. How many more beads does John own than Dale?

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