math

"A contractor purchases a ventilator for 750 dollars plus 7% tax. How much would he sell this for if he wishes to make a 30% gross profit?" I think it was a ventilator. I don't think it matters for the question anyway. My dad's studying for his exam for his license. He and I both got 1043 as the...

http://www.maj.com/gallery/esskay/grades/runningbob.jpg (wide image, don't wanna break people's 800x600 screens) Here's your question. Why the hell does he run back and then just stop? My algebra 2 class had a hell of a time coming up with scenarios for this last year, I wanted to see if anyone...

http://derrickcomedy.com/jerry.htm I think the principal pooped his pants. Saw this on AOTS last week and thought it was great. Maybe i've just got a weird sense of humor, you tell me.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9dc5e74f7b watching Vid will give you enough detail :P

Little math problem. Whoever finds the value of this sum will win that amount of gil from me. P.S. if you solve this, you rock *hint*

k.. I'm not that good on math.. and well.. Whats 10% discount of $48.00... like whats the total price after the discount?

Ooohhkay, so before I start this, I should note that the following is intensely personal. The kind of personal that I rarely even put in my blog because people I know READ that shit (sillies)...so this is my disclaimer..I don't know if this post will warrant an [M] rating, but just in case, I...

Well today i was looking up old exams to prepare for monday's final. I load up the page and see "current exams". I think wtf, why post current exams. Well check it out: http://www.johnabbott.qc.ca/~math/ click current exams.

Ok, I know this is very simple math but for some reason the solution is eluding me. I know we have other programmers here so I’m requesting some help. I have a ratio 5:4 (i.e. a fraction). To convert that to a decimal you divide 5 by 4 to get 1.25. Ok, now I need to convert the decimal...