When a number is decreased by 5%, the result is 20. What is the original number to the nearest tenth?

rectangular garden is 15 1/2 feet long and 26.5 wide. you plan to build a border. the boarder of material cost $2.88 for 1.5 feet in length. the border will be three bricks high. your contractor will charge you $420 for the labor.

If f (x) = 3x-9 and g (x) = x^2, what is (g o f) (5) ?

Jim Tree writes a $40 check that is returned for "insufficient funds." His bank charges a $20 fee for an overdraft, and the company he wrote the check to charges $15. How much must Jim pay in total to clear up this situation?

M/9+2/3=7/3 FIND m

Ethan and Ava share a reward of $84 in a ratio of 4:3. How much does Ethan get?

What is the area of an right triangle with side lengths of 8 and 12 and a base of 20.

Tia owns a fruit shop and is selling a fresh lot of apples and oranges. She wants the ratio of apples to oranges sold to be 4 to 2. Tia wants to sell a total of 54 apples and oranges. How many apples should she sell?

What's the answer to 6x6 : 2 (3) + 4

Each household in the United States receives about 676 pieces of junk mail per year. Since there are 52 weeks in a year, about how many pieces are received each week? Let j represent the amount of peices received in each week.

Solve for p. √ ̅ (6p-2) = 8