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Bag A contains red, white and blue marbles such that the red by dred

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Bag A contains red, white and blue marbles such that the red to white marble ratio is 1:3 and the white to blue
marble ratio is 2:3. Bag B contains red and white marbles in the ratio of 1:4. Together, the two bags contain 30
white marbles. How many red marbles could be in bag A?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6
E. 8
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The rate of a certain chemical reaction is directly by okdongdong

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The rate of a certain chemical reaction is directly proportional to the square of the concentration of chemical A
present and inversely proportional to the concentration of chemical B present. If the concentration of chemical
B present is increased by 100 percent, which of the following is closest to the percent change in the the
concentration of chemical A required to keep the reaction rate unchanged.
A. 100 % decrease
B. 50% decrease
C. 40% decrease
D. 40% increase
E. 50% increase
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A batch of cookies was divided among three tins: 2/3 of all by TeHCM

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A batch of cookies was divided among three tins: 2/3 of all the cookies were placed in either the blue tin or the
green tin, and the rest were placed in the red tin. If 1/4 of all the cookies were placed in the blue tin, what
fraction of the cookies that were placed in the other tins were placed in the green tin?
A. 15/2
B. 9/4
C. 5/9
D. 7/5
E. 9/7
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Edited to include expression. Sorry! And yes, != means by buckkitty

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[b:2d8x81a9]Edited to include expression. Sorry! And yes, != means "does not equal"[/b:2d8x81a9]

I couldnt find this question discussed before. Perhaps I am the only one who has had a hard time getting the
answer.
[b:2d8x81a9]
[(x+1)/(x-1)]^2[/b:2d8x81a9]

If x!=0 and x!=1, and if x is replaced b 1/x everywhere in the expression above, then the resulting expression is
equivalent to

A) [(x+1)/(x-1)]^2

B) [(x-1)/(x+1)]^2

C) (x^2+1)/(1-x^2)

D) (x^2-1)/x^2+1)

E) -[(x-1)/(x+1)]^2

At a monthly meeting, 2/5 of the attendees were males and by goalsnr

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At a monthly meeting, 2/5 of the attendees were males and 7/8 of the male attendees arrived on time. If 9/10
of the female attendees arrived on time, what fraction of the attendees at the monthly meeting did not arrive
on time?
A. 11/100
B. 3/25
C. 7/50
D. 3/20
E. 4/25

Alices take-home pay last year was the same each month, and by changhiskhan
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Alices take-home pay last year was the same each month, and she saved the same fraction of her take-home
pay each month. The total amount of money that she had saved at the end of the year was 3 times the amount
of that portion of her monthly take-home pay that she did NOT save. If all the money that she saved last year
was from her take-home pay, what fraction of her take-home pay did she save each month?
A. 1/2
B. 1/3
C. 1/4
D. 1/5
E. 1/6

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At a Certain school, the ratio of the number of second by nickesha

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At a Certain school, the ratio of the number of second graders to the number of fourth graders is 8 to 5, and
the ratio of the number of first graders to the number of second graders is 3 to 4. if the ratio of the number of
third graders to the number of fourth graders is 3 to 2 what is the ratio of the number of first graders to
thenumber of third graders.
(A) 16 to 15
(B) 9 to 5
(C) 5 to 16
(D) 5 to 4
(E) 4 to 5

The ratio of boys to girls in Class A is 3 to 4. The ratio by changhiskhan

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The ratio of boys to girls in Class A is 3 to 4. The ratio of boys to girls in Class B is 4 to 5. If the two classes were
combined, the ratio of boys to girls in the combined class would be 17 to 22. If Class A has one more boy and
two more girls than class B, how many girls are in Class A?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12

Which of the following fractions has the greatest value? by ppaulyni3

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Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?

A. [m:zo5h63y4]\frac {3}{8!}[/m:zo5h63y4]
B. [m:zo5h63y4]\frac{6(4!)}{5(9!)}[/m:zo5h63y4]
C. [m:zo5h63y4]\frac{4(3!)}{9!}[/m:zo5h63y4]
D. [m:zo5h63y4]\frac{3}{5(7!)}[/m:zo5h63y4]
E. [m:zo5h63y4]\frac{14}{5(8!)}[/m:zo5h63y4]

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If n denotes a number to the left of 0 on the number line by topmbaseeker

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If n denotes a number to the left of 0 on the number line such that the square of n is less than 1/100, then the
reciprocal of n must be
A. Less than -10
B. Between -1 and -1/10
C. Between -1/10 and 0
D. Between 0 and 1/10
E. Greater than 10

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