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#6701 2020-10-15 00:08:07

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#4845. When a student weighing 46 kilograms left a class, the average weight of the remaing 59 students increased by 300 grams. What is the average weight of the remaining 59 students?


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#6702 2020-10-17 00:07:08

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#4846. If x:y = 3:2, and y:z = 6:5, then find x:y:z.


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#6703 2020-10-19 00:09:51

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#4847. If a:b = 1:2 and b:c = 3:4, find a:c.


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#6704 2020-10-21 00:04:19

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#4848. If x:y = 1:2, y:z = 3:4, z:w = 5:6, w:t = 7:8, then find x:t.


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#6705 2020-10-23 00:06:37

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4849. X:Y:Z = 2:3:4, find


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#6706 2020-10-25 00:03:58

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#4850. If A = 2B = 3C, find A:B:C.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6707 2020-10-27 00:05:27

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#4851. Find A : B : C if


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#6708 2020-10-29 00:01:47

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#4852. If A = 2B and 3B = 4C, find A : C.


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#6709 2020-10-31 00:07:56

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#4853. If 2 : y = 4 : 3, find y.


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#6710 2020-11-02 00:03:10

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#4854. If x:y = 3:4, then find (7x - 4y):(3x + y).


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#6711 2020-11-02 01:51:09

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#6712 2020-11-02 03:28:18

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Neat work!

#4855. If 10% of x = 30% of y, find x : y.


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#6713 2020-11-03 00:13:55

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#6714 2020-11-03 00:23:08

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The solution #4855 is correct. Good work!

#4856. If a:b = 3:1, find


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#6715 2020-11-04 00:24:44

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#4857. If

find a : b.


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#6716 2020-11-06 00:07:11

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#4858. If a : 4 = b : 3, find (a + 4) : (b + 3).


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6717 2020-11-08 00:04:41

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#4859. If 2a = 3b = 6c, then find (a + b + c)/a.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6718 2020-11-10 00:03:01

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#4860. If a : b = c : d = e : f = 1 : 2, then find (3a + 5c + 7e) : (3b + 5d + 7f).


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6719 2020-11-10 17:18:32

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#6720 2020-11-10 19:37:23

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Neat work!

#4861. If x : y = 3 : 4 and y : z = 3 : 4, find the value of


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#6721 2020-11-12 00:07:36

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#4862. If (x + y) : (y + z) : (z + x) = 5 : 7 : 8 and x + y + z = 10, what is the value of z?


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Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#6722 2020-11-14 00:04:56

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#4863. If (a + b) : (b + c) : (c + a) = 1 : 2 : 3 and a + b + c = 12, find the value of c.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6723 2020-11-16 00:03:32

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#4864. If the ratio of x to y is 25 times the ratio of y to x, what is the ratio of x to y?


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

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#6724 2020-11-18 00:15:52

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#4865. If 760 is divided into four parts which are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5 : 7. Find the difference between the largest and the smallest part.


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#6725 2020-11-19 15:11:57

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