Each unit of a certain product costs a manufacturer $9 to produce. The manufacturer sells the product in boxes of 50 units for $560 per box. How many boxes of the product does the manufacturer need to sell to yield a profit of $110,000 ?

The contents of a certain box consist of 14 apples and 23 oranges. How many oranges must be removed from the box so that 70 percent of the pieces of fruit in the box will be apples?

The total of Company C's assets in 1994 was 300 percent greater than the total in 1993, which in turn was 400 percent greater than the total in 1992. If the total of Company C's assets in 1992 was N dollars, which of the following represents the total of Company C's assets, in dollars, in 1994 ?

A certain candy manufacturer reduced the weight of Candy Bar M by 20 percent but left the price unchanged. What was the resulting percent increase in the price per ounce of Candy Bar M ?

If $1,000 was invested at an annual interest rate of 5.6 percent compounded annually, which of the following represents the amount the investment was worth after 3 years?

On his drive to work, Leo listens to one of three radio stations, A, B, or C. He first turns to A. If A is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns to B. If B is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns to C. If C is playing a song he likes, he listens to it; if not, he turns off the radio. For each station, the probability is 0.30 that at any given moment the station is playing a song Leo likes. On his drive to work, what is the probability that Leo will hear a song he likes?

A certain car averages 25 miles per gallon of gasoline when driven in the city and 40 miles per gallon when driven on the highway. According to these rates, which of the following is closest to the number of miles per gallon that the car averages when it is driven 10 miles in the city and then 50 miles on the highway?

For one toss of a certain coin, the probability that the outcome is heads is 0.6. If this coin is tossed 5 times, which of the following is the probability that the outcome will be heads at least 4 times?

In May Mrs. Lee's earnings were 60 percent of the Lee family's total income. In June Mrs. Lee earned 20 percent more than in May. If the rest of the family's income was the same both months, then, in June, Mrs. Lee's earnings were approximately what percent of the Lee family's total income?