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A new sign was just put up outside Barstow. The old sign listed the population five years ago as 14,263. How much has the population grown in the last five years?
Lewis McClung drives an ice cream truck for Jingle Brothers. He takes home 35% of his daily sales. He must also pay a $12 truck rental fee every day. If he sells $450 in ice cream today, how much money does he bring home?
The take out tax is 64 cents on a fast food bill of $10.67. What is the percentage tax rate? Round to the nearest whole percentage point.
If you were in a car driving at this speed for 30 minutes, how far would you have driven in that time?
 
 
 
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