A bricklayer lays 4 bricks the first day of the job. On each day thereafter, he lays three times the number of bricks he laid on the previous day. if he continues this pattern, how many bricks in total will he have laid at the end of the fifth day?

Q: Benjamin Franklin invested $2 in 1776 into an account that has a 12% interest rate,in what year will…

A: It is simple interest problem

Q: A local park had a population of 76 squirrels in 2008, if the population grows 29% every 2 years.…

A: Given :Population of squirrels in 2008= 76Incresed rate in 2 years = 29 %

Q: In a basketball league consisting of 10 teams, each team plays each of the other teams exactly three…

A: 2 teams to be played out of 10 teams can be selected as follows:

Q: A grocery store displays their canned sardines in towers of eighteen rows, with each row having one…

A: The cans are arranged in arithmetic progression. With common difference 1 and number of terms 18 and…

Q: Thirty-two men can reap a field in 18 days. If the field is to be reaped in 12 days, how many men…

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Q: How many people can be fed with 10 1/2 pizzas if each person is to get 3/8 of a pizza?

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Q: If each different arrangement takes one minute to shuffle around, how long (to the nearest tenth of…

A: There are total 15 books Here use concept of total arrangement

Q: only 2 people c

A: answer of given question is in step 2

Q: Myra is putting together a puzzle such that every 5 days she places one quarter of the remaining…

A: Given Information -  Initial number of pieces Myra had = 800. And every 5 day Myra places one…

Q: If joe has 666666 snacks and aj has 2020 every time he comes over how many times will there be…

A: Let x denote the number of times aj can have cookies. So after x times, there will be no cookies…

Q: In a certain year, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck California. In another year, a magnitude 5.7…

A: According to definition;                                       M = log(I/S)   Now, for comparison of…

Q: In a game, each player must relay the same message to two persons in a minute. Starting off with the…

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Q: During the bird flu, if 40 hens and 30 chicks died each day, there would still be 212 hens when all…

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Q: Brian goes fishing every four days and Jake goes fishing every five days. They both went fishing on…

A: Brain goes after 4 days. Jake goes after 5 days. So, LCM of (4,5) = 20

Q: I am three times as old as my son ,Five years later,I shall be two and half times as old as my son…

A: Given :I am three times as old as my son. Five years later, I shall be two and half times as old as…

Q: ichard invests $275.04 every month into his 401k.  At the end of 30 years, he has a balance of…

A: Richard invests $275.04 every month. At the end of 30 years, he has a balance of $182,086.68.

Q: 6.Mary is 24 years old. Mary is twice as old as Merly was when Mary was as old as Merly is now. How…

A: age problem

Q: Nathan was given a large box of 30 chocolates for his birthday. If he eats exactly 4 chocolates each…

A: The  given question can be solved by using simple mathematical operations.

Q: Every year the junior and senior classes at Bufoo High School build a house for the community. If it…

A: Solution and Explanation is given below

Q: In a class of 60 students,each of the students passed either in mathematics or in science or in…

A: Given: Total number of students passed either in mathematics or in science or in both=60 Students…

Q: During a basketball game, one team made 16 out of 25 free throws attempted. If they attempt 175 free…

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Q: In a basketball league consisting of 12 teams, each team plays each of the other teams exactly…

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Q: Jordan was given a large box of 24 chocolates for his birthday. If he eats exactly 3 chocolates each…

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Q: While three watchmen were guarding an orchard, a thief slipped in and stole some apples. On his way…

A: A detailed solution is given below

Q: A frog is in a well 12 feet deep, each day the frog climbs up 3 feet, and each night it slips back 2…

A: Depth of well = 12 feet To calculate: Number of days required by frog to get out of the well  Given:…

Q: In the Americas, automobile license plates contain two letters, followed by four digits. How many…

A: Given,no.of letters=26no.of digits(0 to 9)=10

Q: How many days will it take Johan to read a 920-page book if he reads 20 pages the first day, 25…

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Q: If someone worked one job at $10 an hour and another job at $12 an hour and made $480 in one week,…

A: Let, the number of hours the person worked at first job = x hours and the number of hours the person…

Q: If a golf course is open 3,600 hours a year and 360 days a year, how often would the golf course be…

A: Number of hours in day is 24 hours. 24 hours=1 day3600 hours=124×3600 days=150 days

Q: Mr Teo had thrice as many apples as Mr Chew. After Mr Teo had sold 154 apples and Mr Chew had sold…

A: We want to find number of apples having Mr Teo and Mr Chew.

Q: If a girl saved P25 on the first day, P28 the second day, P31 the third day, and so on, how many…

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Q: A pianist plans to play 4 pieces at a recital. In how many ways can she arrange these pieces in the…

A: Factorial of a number:   It is a non-negative integer n which is defined by the product of all…

Q: While performing a piece of music, Lesley strikes the cymbals every 6 beats and the triangle is…

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Q: If Kevin shoots 50 baskets ever60 days, how many shots would Kevin take?

A: Given,         Kevin shoots 50 baskets every 60 days.

Q: Each day ben collects 8 rocks and discards of half each day. How many days will it take ben to…

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Q: A boy has $2.25 in nickels and dimes. If there are twice as many dimes asnickels, how many of each…

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Q: There are seven boys to every three girls in an introductory biology course. If there are 370…

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Q: If a machine that prints designs on T-shirts prints 500 shirts in 3 hours, how many hours will it…

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Q: a besiege fortress is held by 5700 men who have provision for 66 days. if the garrison losses 20 men…

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Q: A certain type of bacteria has a doubling time of 25 minutes. If we start with a colony of 10, 000…

A: The formula for increase in populagtion of bacteria is At=A0ektwheret=time,k=constantA0=initial…

Q: during the regular season, each of the 16 NFC teams in the NFL plays each other twice. How many…

A: For a game, we need two teams We have to pick 2 teams from a group of 16 teams.  Order does not…

Q: Melly is three times as old as Ador. In 5 years, Melly will be twice as old as Ador. How old is…

A: Let Ador is x years old. So Melly is 3x years old. After 5 years Ador will be (x+5) years old  and…

Q: You have been asked to set up chairs for the school concert. The first row will have 10 seats, and…

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Q: Andrea is 50 years old, and her daughter is 10 years old. In how many years Andrea will be three…

A: Given  Andhra 50 years old and her daughter is 10 years old we need to find after how many years…

Q: If 7 men can do a certain job in 12 days, how long would it take 6 men to do the same job?

A: It is given that 7 men do a certain job in 12 days. We have to find the number of days taken by 6…

Q: If 50% of a number is 100 and 20% of the same number is 40, find 70% of that number.

A: We have to find 70% of the number where, 50% of the number is 100 and 20% of same number is 40. Here…

Q: If nine candles are blown out on a birthday cake containing seven times as many candles altogether,…

A: Given that nine candles are blown. Let a=7 and birthday cake contains seven times as many candles…

Q: 3) Steve is three times as old as Tracy. In four years he will be twice as old as she will be, How…

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Q: Charlie has 4 pairs of shoes, 12 shirts, 5 pairs of pants, and 3 watches. How many days could he go…

A: Given ,  Charlie has 4 pairs of shoes, 12 shirts, 5 pairs of pants, and 3 watches. We have to find…

Sequence and Series

A sequence is defined as a collection of things. Series is defined to sum the things one by one in the sequence.  It was invented by German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss.