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Question: if 1 / 12 of the passengers on a ship are from north america , 1 / 4 are europeans , 1 / 9 are from africa , 1 / 6 are from asia and the remaining 42 people are citizens of other continents , then how many passengers are on board the ship ? Answer: Let's denote the total number of passengers on the ship as P...
Question: The ratio of the amount of the oil bill for the month of February to the amount of the oil bill for the month of January was 5 : 4. If the oil bill for February had been some amount more, the corresponding ratio would have been 3 : 2. The oil bill for January was $120. How much more was the oil bill for Febru...
Question: A certain company expects quarterly earnings of $0.80 per share of stock, half of which will be distributed as dividends to shareholders while the rest will be used for research and development. If earnings are greater than expected, shareholders will receive an additional $0.04 per share for each additional ...
Question: Robert ate 13 chocolates, Nickel ate 4 chocolates. How many more chocolates did Robert eat than Nickel? Answer: Robert ate 13 chocolates and Nickel ate 4 chocolates. To find out how many more chocolates Robert ate than Nickel, we subtract the number of chocolates Nickel ate from the number of chocolates Robe...
Question: a certain company expects quarterly earnings of $ 0.80 per share of stock , half of which will be distributed as dividends to shareholders while the rest will be used for research and development . if earnings are greater than expected , shareholders will receive an additional $ 0.04 per share for each additi...
Question: Robert ate some chocolates, Nickel ate 4 chocolates. Robert ate 9 more chocolates than Nickel. How many chocolates did Robert eat? Answer: If Nickel ate 4 chocolates and Robert ate 9 more chocolates than Nickel, then Robert ate: 4 chocolates (Nickel's amount) + 9 chocolates (the extra amount Robert ate) = 1...
Question: robert ate 13 chocolates , nickel ate 4 chocolates . how many more chocolates did robert ate than nickel ? Answer: Robert ate 13 chocolates, and Nickel ate 4 chocolates. To find out how many more chocolates Robert ate than Nickel, we subtract the number of chocolates Nickel ate from the number of chocolates ...
Question: Robert ate 13 chocolates, Nickel ate some chocolates. Robert ate 9 more chocolates than Nickel. How many chocolates did Nickel eat? Answer: Let's call the number of chocolates Nickel ate "N." According to the information given, Robert ate 9 more chocolates than Nickel. So we can write the following equation...
Question: If a certain number is divided by 3, the quotient, dividend, and divisor, added together, will amount to a specific sum. The number is 45. What is the sum of the quotient, dividend, and divisor? Answer: Let's calculate the quotient first. If the number is 45 and it is divided by 3, the quotient is: 45 ÷ 3 =...
Question: if a certain number is divided by 3 , the quotient , dividend , and divisor , added together , will amount to 63 . what is the number ? Answer: Let's call the certain number "x". When x is divided by 3, the quotient is x/3, the dividend is x, and the divisor is 3. According to the problem, the sum of the qu...
Question: A certain company expects quarterly earnings of $0.80 per share of stock, half of which will be distributed as dividends to shareholders while the rest will be used for research and development. If earnings are greater than expected, shareholders will receive an additional $0.04 per share for each additional ...
Question: A certain company expects quarterly earnings of $0.80 per share of stock. A certain percentage of this will be distributed as dividends to shareholders while the rest will be used for research and development. If earnings are greater than expected, shareholders will receive an additional $0.04 per share for e...
Question: a vendor sells 30 percent of the apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder . the next day , the vendor sells 50 percent of the remaining apples and throws away the rest . in total , what percent of his apples does the vendor throw away ? Answer: Let's assume the vendor starts with 100 apples ...
Question: A certain company expects quarterly earnings of $0.80 per share of stock, half of which will be distributed as dividends to shareholders while the rest will be used for research and development. If earnings are greater than expected, shareholders will receive an additional amount per share for each additional...
Question: If a certain number is divided by 3, the quotient, dividend, and divisor, added together, will amount to 63. What is the number? Answer: Let's denote the certain number as \( x \). According to the problem, when \( x \) is divided by 3, we get a quotient which we'll call \( q \). So, \( x \) divided by 3 is...
Question: A vendor sells 30 percent of the apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder. The next day, the vendor sells 50 percent of the remaining apples and throws away the rest. What percent of his apples does the vendor throw away in total? Answer: Let's assume the vendor starts with 100 apples for th...
Question: of 61 players on a cricket team , 37 are throwers . the rest of the team is divided so one third are left - handed and the rest are right handed . assuming that all throwers are right handed , how many right - handed players are there total ? Answer: If there are 61 players on the cricket team and 37 are thr...
Question: A vendor sells 30 percent of the apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder. The next day, the vendor sells some percent of the remaining apples and throws away the rest. In total, the vendor throws away 42 percent of his apples. What percent of the remaining apples does the vendor sell on the ...
Question: A vendor sells 30 percent of the apples he had and throws away some percent of the remainder. The next day, the vendor sells 50 percent of the remaining apples and throws away the rest. In total, the vendor throws away 42 percent of his apples. What percent of the remaining apples does the vendor throw away o...
Question: There are some players on a cricket team, 37 are throwers. The rest of the team is divided so one third are left-handed and the rest are right-handed. Assuming that all throwers are right-handed, there are 53 right-handed players in total. How many players are there on the cricket team? Answer: Let's denote ...
Question: On a cricket team with 61 players, 37 are throwers. The rest of the team is divided so that a certain fraction are left-handed and the rest are right-handed. Assuming that all throwers are right-handed, there are 53 right-handed players in total. What fraction of the non-throwers are left-handed? Answer: Fir...
Question: Of 61 players on a cricket team, 37 are throwers. The rest of the team is divided so one third are left-handed and the rest are right-handed. Assuming that all throwers are right-handed, how many right-handed players are there total? Answer: First, let's find out how many players are not throwers. Since ther...
Question: A vendor sells some percent of the apples he had and throws away 20 percent of the remainder. The next day, the vendor sells 50 percent of the remaining apples and throws away the rest. In total, the vendor throws away 42 percent of his apples. What percent of his apples does the vendor sell on the first day?...
Question: A certain number is divided by some divisor, the quotient, dividend, and divisor, added together, will amount to 63. The number is 45. What is the divisor? Answer: Let's denote the divisor as D. According to the problem, when the number 45 is divided by D, the sum of the quotient, the dividend (which is 45),...
Question: A batsman in his 15th innings makes a score of 85, and thereby increases his average by 3. What is his average after the 15th innings? He had never been 'not out'. Answer: Let's assume the batsman's average before the 15th innings was A. This means that over the 14 innings, he scored a total of 14A runs. Af...
Question: a batsman in his 15 th innings makes a score of 85 , and thereby increases his average by 3 . what is his average after the 15 th innings ? he had never been ’ not out ’ . Answer: Let's assume the batsman's average after 14 innings was A. This means the total runs scored by the batsman in 14 innings would be...
Question: A batsman in his 15th innings makes a score of 85, and thereby increases his average by a certain amount. His average after the 15th innings is 43. He had never been 'not out'. By how much did his average increase after the 15th innings? Answer: Let's denote the batsman's average after 14 innings as A. This ...
Question: The average monthly income of a family of 4 earning members was Rs. 782. One of the earning members died, and therefore, the average income changed. The income of the deceased was Rs. 1178. What is the new average monthly income of the family? Answer: The total monthly income of the family when there were 4 ...
Question: A batsman in his 15th innings makes a certain score, and thereby increases his average by 3. His average after the 15th innings is 43. He had never been 'not out'. What was his score in the 15th innings? Answer: Let's denote the batsman's average after 14 innings as A. This means that the total runs scored i...
Question: A batsman in some innings makes a score of 85, and thereby increases his average by 3. His average after that innings is 43. He had never been 'not out'. In which innings did he make the score of 85? Answer: Let's denote the number of innings before the innings in which he scored 85 as \( n \). His average b...
Question: On a cricket team with 61 players, some are throwers. The rest of the team is divided so one third are left-handed and the rest are right-handed. Assuming that all throwers are right-handed, there are 53 right-handed players in total. How many throwers are there on the team? Answer: Let's denote the number o...
Question: Two-thirds of a positive number and a certain fraction of its reciprocal are equal. The number is 0.5833333333333334. What is the fraction of its reciprocal? Answer: Let's call the positive number x. According to the problem, two-thirds of this number is equal to a certain fraction of its reciprocal. Let's c...
Question: Two-thirds of a positive number and 49/216 of its reciprocal are equal. What is the number? Answer: Let's call the positive number "x". According to the problem, two-thirds of this number is equal to 49/216 of its reciprocal. We can write this as an equation: (2/3)x = (49/216)(1/x) To solve for x, we need ...
Question: A certain fraction of a positive number and 49/216 of its reciprocal are equal. The number is 0.5833333333333334. What is the fraction? Answer: Let's call the positive number "x" and the fraction we are looking for "f". According to the problem, we have: f * x = (49/216) * (1/x) Now we can solve for f by s...
Question: two - third of a positive number and 49 / 216 of its reciprocal are equal . the number is : Answer: Let's denote the positive number as \( x \). According to the problem, two-thirds of this number (\( \frac{2}{3}x \)) and \( \frac{49}{216} \) of its reciprocal (\( \frac{1}{x} \)) are equal. So we can set up...
Question: average monthly income of a family of 4 earning members was rs . 782 . one of the earning members died and therefore , the average income came down to rs 650 . the income of the deceased was ? Answer: Let's denote the income of the deceased member as \( I_d \). Before the death of the member, the total inco...
Question: A family of 4 earning members had a certain average monthly income. One of the earning members died, and therefore, the average income came down to Rs. 650. The income of the deceased was Rs. 1178. What was the initial average monthly income of the family? Answer: Let's denote the initial average monthly inc...
Question: The average monthly income of a family of 4 earning members was Rs. 782. One of the earning members died, and therefore, the average income came down to Rs. 650. What was the income of the deceased earning member? Answer: Let's denote the income of the deceased earning member as X. Before the death of the e...
Question: The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is a certain amount. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs. 8000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is 7. What is the average salary of all the workers in the workshop? Answer: Since the total num...
Question: what is remainder of the division ( 1125 * 1127 * 1129 ) / 12 ? Answer: To find the remainder of the division (1125 * 1127 * 1129) / 12, we can use the properties of remainders and modular arithmetic. First, let's find the remainders when each of the numbers 1125, 1127, and 1129 is divided by 12: 1125 % 12...
Question: What is the remainder of the division (some number * 1127 * 1129) / 12, if the remainder is 3? Answer: To find the remainder of the division \((\text{some number} \times 1127 \times 1129) / 12\) when the remainder is 3, we need to consider the properties of modular arithmetic. First, let's find the remainde...
Question: The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs. 8000 and the average salary of the rest is a certain amount. The total number of workers in the workshop is 7. What is the average salary of the rest of the workers? Answer: If the total number of work...
Question: The average monthly income of a family with some earning members was Rs. 782. One of the earning members died, and therefore, the average income came down to Rs. 650. The income of the deceased was Rs. 1178. How many earning members were there initially in the family? Answer: Let's denote the initial number ...
Question: What is the remainder of the division (1125 * 1127 * some number) / 12, if the remainder is 3? Answer: To find the remainder when the product (1125 * 1127 * some number) is divided by 12, we need to consider the remainders of each factor when divided by 12. First, let's find the remainders of 1125 and 1127 ...
Question: What is the remainder of the division (1125 * 1127 * 1129) / 12? Answer: To find the remainder of the division (1125 * 1127 * 1129) / 12, we can use the properties of remainders and modular arithmetic. First, let's find the remainders when each of the numbers 1125, 1127, and 1129 is divided by 12. 1125 mod...
Question: A library has an average of some visitors on Sundays and 80 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is 90. How many visitors does the library have on average on Sundays? Answer: Let's denote the average number of visitors on Sundays as \( S \). Giv...
Question: A library has an average of 140 visitors on Sundays and 80 on other days. What is the average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday? Answer: To calculate the average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days that begins with a Sunday, we need to determine how many Su...
Question: A library has an average of 140 visitors on Sundays and some visitors on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is 90. How many visitors does the library have on average on other days? Answer: Let's denote the average number of visitors on other days ...
Question: a soccer store typically sells replica jerseys at a discount of 30 percent to 50 percent off list price . during the annual summer sale , everything in the store is an additional 20 percent off the original list price . if a replica jersey ' s list price is $ 80 , approximately what percent of the list price ...
Question: a library has an average of 140 visitors on sundays and 80 on other days . the average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a sunday is : Answer: To calculate the average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days that begins with a Sunday, we need to determine how many Sunda...
Question: Find the least number that must be added to 228712 so that the remaining number is divisible by a certain number. The least number is 5. What is the divisor? Answer: If the least number that must be added to 228712 to make it divisible by a certain number is 5, then the number we are looking for is 228712 + ...
Question: Find the least number that must be added to 228712 so that the remaining number is divisible by 9. What is the least number? Answer: To find the least number that must be added to 228712 to make it divisible by 9, we need to find the sum of the digits of 228712 and see if it is divisible by 9. If it's not, w...
Question: find the least number must be added to 228712 so that remaining no . is divisible by 9 ? Answer: To find the least number that must be added to 228712 to make it divisible by 9, we need to find the sum of the digits of 228712 and see how much we need to add to make it a multiple of 9. Let's add the digits o...
Question: A soccer store typically sells replica jerseys at a discount of 30 percent to 50 percent off list price. During the annual summer sale, everything in the store is an additional 20 percent off the original list price. If the lowest possible sale price for a replica jersey is approximately 40 percent of the lis...
Question: If 4 gallons of gasoline are added to a tank that is already filled to 3/4 of its capacity, the tank is then filled to a certain fraction of its capacity. The tank holds 24 gallons. What fraction of its capacity is the tank filled to after adding the gasoline? Answer: First, let's find out how much gasoline ...
Question: A certain amount of gasoline is added to a tank that is already filled to 3/4 of its capacity. After adding the gasoline, the tank is filled to 9/10 of its capacity. The tank holds 24 gallons. How many gallons of gasoline were added to the tank? Answer: First, we need to find out how much gasoline was alread...
Question: If 4 gallons of gasoline are added to a tank that is already filled to 3/4 of its capacity, the tank is then filled to 9/10 of its capacity. How many gallons does the tank hold? Answer: Let's denote the total capacity of the tank as T gallons. The tank is initially filled to 3/4 of its capacity, so the amou...
Question: if 4 gallons of gasoline are added to a tank that is already filled to 3 / 4 of its capacity , the tank is then filled to 9 / 10 of its capacity . how many gallons does the tank hold ? Answer: Let's denote the total capacity of the tank as T gallons. If the tank is already filled to 3/4 of its capacity, the...
Question: A tank is filled to a certain fraction of its capacity. When 4 gallons of gasoline are added, the tank is then filled to 9/10 of its capacity. The tank holds 24 gallons. What fraction of its capacity was the tank filled to before adding the gasoline? Answer: Let's denote the fraction of the tank's capacity t...
Question: A drink vendor has 50 liters of Maaza, 144 liters of Pepsi, and some liters of Sprite. He wants to pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn't want to mix any two drinks in a can. The least number of cans required is 281. How many liters of Sprite does the ve...
Question: A drink vendor has some liters of Maaza, 144 liters of Pepsi, and 368 liters of Sprite. He wants to pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn't want to mix any two drinks in a can. The least number of cans required is 281. How many liters of Maaza does the ve...
Question: The sum of 3 consecutive even numbers is a certain amount more than the average of these numbers. The largest of these numbers is 24. What is the difference between the sum and the average of these numbers? Answer: Let's denote the three consecutive even numbers as \( n \), \( n+2 \), and \( n+4 \). Given th...
Question: a drink vendor has 50 liters of maaza , 144 liters of pepsi and 368 liters of sprite . he wants to pack them in cans , so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink , and does n ' t want to mix any two drinks in a can . what is the least number of cans required ? Answer: To find the least nu...
Question: A drink vendor has 50 liters of Maaza, some liters of Pepsi, and 368 liters of Sprite. He wants to pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn't want to mix any two drinks in a can. The least number of cans required is 281. How many liters of Pepsi does the ven...
Question: A drink vendor has 50 liters of Maaza, 144 liters of Pepsi, and 368 liters of Sprite. He wants to pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn't want to mix any two drinks in a can. What is the least number of cans required? Answer: To find the least number of ...
Question: A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230, and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6600? Answer: To find out how much sale the grocer must have in the sixth month to achieve an average sale of Rs. 6600, we...
Question: a grocer has a sale of rs . 6435 , rs . 6927 , rs . 6855 , rs . 7230 and rs . 6562 for 5 consecutive months . how much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of rs . 6600 ? Answer: To calculate the required sale for the sixth month to achieve an average sale of Rs. 6600, we firs...
Question: If the sum of 3 consecutive even numbers is 44 more than the average of these numbers, what is the largest of these numbers? Answer: Let's denote the three consecutive even numbers as x, x+2, and x+4, where x is the smallest even number. The sum of these three numbers is: x + (x + 2) + (x + 4) The average ...
Question: A grocer has sales for 5 consecutive months, and he needs a sale of Rs. 5591 in the sixth month to get an average sale of Rs. 6600. The sales for the other months are Rs. 6435, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230, and Rs. 6562. What was the sale in the second month? Answer: To find the sale in the second month, we first need...
Question: A grocer has sales for 5 consecutive months, and he needs a sale of Rs. 5591 in the sixth month to get an average sale of Rs. 6600. The sales for the other months are Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, and Rs. 7230. What was the sale in the fifth month? Answer: To find the sale in the fifth month, we first need t...
Question: A grocer has sales for 5 consecutive months, and he needs a sale of Rs. 5591 in the sixth month to get an average sale of Rs. 6600. The sales for the other months are Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, and Rs. 6562. What was the sale in the fourth month? Answer: To find the sale in the fourth month, we first need...
Question: A grocer has sales for 5 consecutive months, and he needs a sale of Rs. 5591 in the sixth month to get an average sale of Rs. 6600. The sales for the other months are Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230, and Rs. 6562. What was the sale in the first month? Answer: To find the sale in the first month, we first need t...
Question: if the sum of 3 consecutive even numbers is 44 more than the average of these numbers , then the largest of these numbers is ? Answer: Let's denote the three consecutive even numbers as x, x+2, and x+4, where x is the smallest even number. The sum of these three numbers is: x + (x + 2) + (x + 4) The averag...
Question: There are some students who can be distributed with the same number of pens and same number of pencils. The total number of pens is 1001, and the total number of pencils is some number. The maximum number of students is 91. How many pencils does each student get if the total number of pencils is 910? Answer:...
Question: A grocer has sales for 5 consecutive months, and he needs a sale of Rs. 5591 in the sixth month to get an average sale of Rs. 6600. The sales for the other months are Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 7230, and Rs. 6562. What was the sale in the third month? Answer: To find the sale in the third month, we first need t...
Question: what least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that remaining no . is divisible by 13 Answer: To find the least number that must be subtracted from 427398 to make it divisible by 13, we need to find the remainder when 427398 is divided by 13. The number that must be subtracted will be equal to this rema...
Question: There are some students who can be distributed with the same number of pens and same number of pencils. The total number of pens is 1001, and the total number of pencils is 910. The maximum number of students is 91. How many pens does each student get? Answer: To find out how many pens each student gets, we ...
Question: How much does it cost for 8 tires if each tire is priced at $0.50? Answer: If each tire costs $0.50, then the cost for 8 tires would be: 8 tires x $0.50 per tire = $4.00 So, it would cost $4.00 for 8 tires.
Question: What least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that the remaining number is divisible by 13? Answer: To find the least number that must be subtracted from 427398 to make it divisible by 13, we need to find the remainder when 427398 is divided by 13. The number that is equal to this remainder will be the...
Question: how much is it cost $ 0.50 each tire for 8 tires ? Answer: If each tire costs $0.50, then for 8 tires it would cost: 0.50 * 8 = $4.00
Question: Each tire costs a certain amount, and the total cost for 8 tires is $4. How much does each tire cost? Answer: If the total cost for 8 tires is $4, then to find the cost of each tire, you would divide the total cost by the number of tires. So, $4 divided by 8 tires equals $0.50 per tire. Each tire costs $...
Question: an old man distributed all the gold coins he had to his two sons into two different numbers such that the difference between the squares of the two numbers is 81 times the difference between the two numbers . how many coins did the old man have ? Answer: Let's denote the number of gold coins given to the fir...
Question: Each tire costs $0.50, and the total cost for a certain number of tires is $4. How many tires were purchased? Answer: To find out how many tires were purchased, you can divide the total cost by the cost per tire. Total cost = $4 Cost per tire = $0.50 Number of tires = Total cost / Cost per tire Number of t...
Question: the maximum numbers of students among them 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be distributed in such a way that each student gets the same number of pens and same number of pencils is Answer: To find the maximum number of students among whom 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be distributed equally, we need to find th...
Question: An old man distributed all the gold coins he had to his two sons into two different numbers such that the difference between the squares of the two numbers is 81 times the difference between the two numbers. How many coins did the old man have? Answer: Let's denote the number of gold coins given to the first...
Question: What least number must be subtracted from a certain number so that the remaining number is divisible by 13? The answer is 10. What is the original number? Answer: Let's call the original number N. We are told that when we subtract a certain number (which we'll call X) from N, the result is divisible by 13. W...
Question: if x is less than y by 35 % then y exceed x by : Answer: If x is less than y by 35%, this means that x is 65% of y (100% - 35% = 65%). Let's denote y as 100% (since we're comparing x to y and y is the larger number). To find out by what percentage y exceeds x, we need to calculate the difference in percent...
Question: What least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that the remaining number is divisible by a certain divisor? The answer is 10. What is the divisor? Answer: If subtracting 10 from 427398 makes the number divisible by a certain divisor, then the resulting number is 427388. To find the divisor, we need to f...
Question: If x is less than y by 35%, then y exceeds x by what percentage? Answer: Let's assume the value of x is 100 (we can assume any value for x, and it won't affect the percentage calculation). If x is less than y by 35%, then y is 100 + 35% of 100. 35% of 100 = 0.35 * 100 = 35 So, y = 100 + 35 = 135 Now, we w...
Question: An old man distributed all the gold coins he had to his two sons into two different numbers such that the difference between the squares of the two numbers is some times the difference between the two numbers. The old man had 81 coins. What is the multiplier for the difference between the two numbers? Answer...
Question: The average weight of 29 students is 28 kg. By the admission of a new student, who weighs 7 kg, the average weight is reduced to some kg. What is the new average weight of the students after the new student joined? Answer: The total weight of the 29 students before the new student joined is 29 students * 28 ...
Question: the average weight of 29 students is 28 kg . by the admission of a new student , the average weight is reduced to 27.3 kg . the weight of the new student is Answer: To find the weight of the new student, we first need to calculate the total weight of the 29 students before the new student was admitted. The...
Question: There are 29 students with an average weight of some kg. By the admission of a new student, who weighs 7 kg, the average weight is reduced to 27.3 kg. What was the average weight of the 29 students before the new student joined? Answer: Let's denote the average weight of the 29 students before the new studen...
Question: The average weight of some students is 28 kg. By the admission of a new student, who weighs 7 kg, the average weight is reduced to 27.3 kg. How many students were there before the new student joined? Answer: Let's denote the number of students before the new student joined as \( n \) and the total weight of ...
Question: If x is less than y by a certain percentage, then y exceeds x by 53.846153846153854%. What is the percentage by which x is less than y? Answer: Let's denote the percentage by which x is less than y as P%. This means that x is equal to (100 - P)% of y. We are given that y exceeds x by 53.846153846153854%. Th...
Question: a reduction of 40 % in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for rs . 40 . what is the reduced price / dozen ? Answer: Let's assume the original price of a dozen bananas is P rupees. After a 40% reduction, the new price would be 60% of P, which is 0.6P rupees. The man can now get 64 more...
Question: A certain company has records stored with a record storage firm in 15 - inch by 12 - inch by 10 - inch boxes. The company pays $0.4 per box per month for the record storage. The total amount that the company pays each month for record storage is $240. How much space do the boxes occupy? Answer: First, let's ...
Question: A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for Rs. 40. What is the reduced price per dozen? Answer: Let's denote the original price of bananas per dozen as P. After a 40% reduction, the new price per dozen would be 0.6P (since 100% - 40% = 60%, or 0.6 in decimal form). T...
Question: a certain company has records stored with a record storage firm in 15 - inch by 12 - inch by 10 - inch boxes . the boxes occupy 1.08 million cubic inches of space . if the company pays $ 0.4 per box per month for the record storage , what is the total amount that the company pays each month for record storage...
Question: A certain company has records stored with a record storage firm in 15 - inch by 12 - inch by 10 - inch boxes. The boxes occupy 1.08 million cubic inches of space. The company pays a certain amount per box per month for the record storage. The total amount that the company pays each month for record storage is...