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    Cost of Goods Sold

    Using the following data, compute cost of goods sold: Inventory, December 31------- $ 45,000 Inventory, January 1--------- 52,000 Cash, December 31----------- 10,000 Purchases during the year-- 255,000 Sales during the year------ 480,000.

    Geometric sequences, Gauss-Jordan, and fraction perations

    1. Find the sum of the first five terms of the geometric sequence. A=3, r=2 2 a. 93 b. 5 c. 1 d. 93 2 2 2. Use the Gauss-Jordan method to solve the system of equations. x - y + 3z = 16 3x + z = 4 x + 2y + z = -4 a. No solution b. (4, 0, -4)

    Reduce each rational expression to lowest terms.

    Reduce each rational expression to lowest terms. Assume that the variables represent only numbers for which the denominators are nonzero. Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problems.

    Percentages : Plant Efficiency and Capacity

    6. If a plant was designed to produce 7,000 hammers per day but is limited to making 6,000 hammers per day because of time needed to change equipment between styles of hammers, what is the utilization? Format as xx.x% (include the % sign.) 7. For the past month, the hammer plant in the above problem, which has an effective ca

    Hypothesis Testing and Two-Tailed Tests

    In the year 2000, the state of Indiana began a $40-million renovation of its state fairgrounds, which included the building of a miniature golf course and a state-of-the-art livestock building. Now, Indiana officials are interested in learning what sorts of people are visiting the new attractions. In a survey done at this year's

    Percentage of women who have never married

    Single women. The percentage of women in the 20-24 age group who have never married went from 55% in 1970 to 73% in 2000 (Census Bureau, www.census.gov). Let 1970 be year 0 and 2000 be year 30.a) Find and interpret the slope of the line through the points (0, 55) and (30, 73).b) Find the equation of the line in part (a).c) What

    Find five decimals between 0.1 and 0.11 and order them

    A. Find five decimals between 0.1 and 0.11 and order them from greatest to least. b. Find four decimals between 0 and 0.1 listed from least to greatest so that each decimal startimg from the second is twice as large as the preceding one. c. Find four decimals between 0.1 and 0.2 and list them in increasing order so that

    Polynomials and Decimals Simply

    How do you 8) Simplify ((-8a^-1b^-3)/(2a^3b))^-2 9) Simplify (3x^4)^2(4x^-5)^-1 divided by 12x^-6 10) Simplify (5x^2y^4)^2(-3x^-4y^-1)^3 11) Simplify -24a^3b^5 + 36a^2b^2 - 12ab^2 divided by -4ab 12) How do you Write these in standard (decimal) notation: a) 2.45 X 10^3 b) 3.34

    Converting Decimal to Binary

    Convert these integers from decimal notation to binary notation. Please show each step if possible. I am having a terrible time trying to understand this. a. 231 b. 4532 c. 97644 d. 321 e. 1023 f. 100632

    Finance : Ratio Analysis

    I am attaching a spreadsheet with the company's reports. I need some help with writing my paper. Do not worry about the APA or the accurate formate I will clean up. However, I need understanding of the context of the documents. Introduction paragraph - Introduce the Company and discuss the purpose of the project. Ratio

    Percentage Decrease

    The price of a gallon of 87 octane has dropped to $2.81 today. Yesterday the price was $2.86. Find the percentage decrease. Round to the nearest 10th of a percent.

    Solving Equations and Word Problems

    Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problems. Solve and check each of the following equations for x 1. 2. 3. Solve each of the following equations for x 4. Solve the following word problems 5. Number problem. If one-half of one integer is subtracted form three-fifths of th

    Ratio - Travel Distance

    Please solve this problem. If Matt could travel 26.3 miles in 1.75 hours, at the same speed how much farther could Matt travel in 1 hour?

    Ratio and rate

    I need help in completing the following exercises. I need to use the Equation Editor in Microsoft® Word to do these problems, then submit a Word document, showing the work and answers. Attached you will find the problems to be completed. Please help me by actually working the problems with microsoft Equation Editor & replying

    Numbers as Real and Rational, Real and Irrational, or Complex

    1. Classify the given numbers as real and rational, real and irrational, or complex. a. (2)^1/2 + 2 b. i c. 0 d. 3-(-5)^1/2i e. (100)^1/5 f. 30007 g. (8)1/3 h. 4+0i 2. Think of any fundamental operation (addition, subtraction, muliplication, division, exponentiation) on a. Irrational number, which

    Simplifying Expressions

    Reduce expression to lowest terms. Please see the attached file for the fully formatted problems.

    Problems Involving Percentages

    (1) The minimum daily values (MDV's) for certain foods are given. They are based on a 2,000 calorie per day diet. Find decimal and fractional notation for the percent notation in each sentence. a). 1 ounce of Tostitos provides 9% of the MDV of fat c). ½ cup of Campbell's New England clam chowder provides 6% of th

    the percentage increase in the age 75+ population of Europe

    Use the following table to answer the question. Population of Europe by Age Groups Population (in thousands) 1950 1970 1995 Age 0-14 143,175 166,367 139,464 Age 15-64 359,162 421,432 487,110 Age 65+ 44,981 68,642 101,338 Age 75+ 14,553 22,762 38,139 Total 547,318 656,441 727,912 Source: European Rural Development (ERD