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A college radio station sponsors a contest once a week. One resident from a dormitory calls in and tries to answer 10 questions correctly. Each correct answer reduces the winnings by $25. Last week's contestant earned $350. How many answers were correct?

Upon arriving at the fair, Amari finds they have marked up the price of tickets from theprevious year. Last year, each ticket was $1.50. This year each ticket costs $3.00. What is thepercent change in cost of tickets from last year to this year? How many rides can Amari go on if each ride takes two tickets per ride?   Amari decides he will mow lawns over the next month to save up for more rides at the next carnival. For large yards Amari charges $30 and for small yards he charges $20. Amari makes $340 and mows 14 yardstotal. Set up an equation for this situation letting y be the number of large yards mowed. Howmany large yards did Amari mow?   Letting r be the number of rides Amari can go on, translate this situation to an inequality. At most, how many rides will Amari be able to go on with the money he made from mowing lawns?

If you have $10 with which to buy some pens for $1.75 each, how many can you buy?

An employee receives $20 in commission on sales amounting to $500. What is the employee's commission rate in this situation?

Mike Branson invested his summer earnings of $3000 in a savings account for college. The account pays 4.5% interest. How much will this amount to in 6 months Mike's savings will amount to $ in 6 months. (Round to the nearest cent as needed.)

if someone buys 6 cakes and 4 yogurts for $10.50. Another person buys 4 cakes and 8 yogurts for $11. how much is the cost of each item

The new watch costs 38.85, And the new bracelet costs 22.38. if Maddy buys both how much does she spend

A machine is sold for 42% of the original cost. If the original cost is $9255.00, find the selling price of the used machine.

Alyson hired a face-painter for a birthday party. The painter charged a flat fee of $55 $ 55 , and then charged $3.50 $ 3.50 per person. In the end, Alyson paid a total of $146 $ 146 . How many people used the face-painter’s service