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Question 44133: help please: if the answer is not rational round it to the nearest tenth of a unit. "a telephonne pole is supported by a guy wire attached to the top of the pole. the pole is 7 meters tall, above the ground. how long must the guy wire be if it is attached to a rod 6 meters from the bottom of the pole.?"
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Question 44131: may you please help me...."the length of a rectangle is 6 inches more than three times its width. if the width were increased by 4 and the length decreased by 10, the area of the new rectangle would equal the area of the original rectangle. find the length and width of the original rectangle.
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Question 44135: can someone please help me with i have tried it but i dont seem to be able to come up with an answer. thanks! solve the equation and check your solutions: sqaure root of 4x^2+5 = 3x
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Question 44135: can someone please help me with i have tried it but i dont seem to be able to come up with an answer. thanks! solve the equation and check your solutions: sqaure root of 4x^2+5 = 3x
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Question 44135: can someone please help me with i have tried it but i dont seem to be able to come up with an answer. thanks! solve the equation and check your solutions: sqaure root of 4x^2+5 = 3x
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Question 44134: can you please assist me here: find the area of a right triangle with legs of length 5square root of 3 and 2sqaure root of 3+3square root of 2.
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Question 44180: I need a solution and shown work for this problem. Help.
Solve each formula for the indicated variable.


I = E/R+r solve for R

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Question 44251: can someone please help me with this problem: 1/3x+6 +2 = 3/x+2
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Question 44252: help me again please? 1-4/k^2 / 1+ 1/k-2/k^2
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Question 44291: Translate: Eight times the difference between four times a number and five is equal to twenty more than twice the number. Not sure if my translation is correct. 8(4n)+5=20+2n
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Question 44291: Translate: Eight times the difference between four times a number and five is equal to twenty more than twice the number. Not sure if my translation is correct. 8(4n)+5=20+2n
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Question 44290: Find the cost per pound of a coffee mixtur made from 7 lbs of coffee that costs $9.80 per lb and 3lbs of coffee that costa $8.10 per lb?
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Question 44297: if x=-1 and y=2,what is the value of the expression 2x^3-3xy?
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Question 44317: will you please help me with this: what is (12a+6/5a^2)(6/a+1)(5a+5/2a+1)
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Question 44336: 3+(6*2)
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Question 44287: A total of $6000 is deposited into two simple interest accounts. on one account th annual simple interest rate is 7.5% and on the second 11.4%. how much should be invested in the 11.4% account so that the total amount of interest is $528?
(sixth edition beginning algebra with applications ISBN: 0-618-30605-6

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Question 44483This question is from textbook 0-07-301602-0
: Complete the ordered pairs sot that each is a solution for the given equation.
(0, ),( ,3/4),( ,0),(8/3, )
3x+4y=12
This question is from textbook 0-07-301602-0

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Question 44483This question is from textbook 0-07-301602-0
: Complete the ordered pairs sot that each is a solution for the given equation.
(0, ),( ,3/4),( ,0),(8/3, )
3x+4y=12
This question is from textbook 0-07-301602-0

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Question 44459: complex fractions
4 + 2 over x over x over 4+1 over 8

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Question 44617: (x+8)/5 - (x-8)/7 = 2
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Question 44617: (x+8)/5 - (x-8)/7 = 2
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Question 44460: complex fractions
9x^2-16y^2 over xy over 3 overy-4 over x

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Question 44598: Fact: 1 a divided by c = a
Fact: 2 a plus b = a
Fact: 3 abc = 1
If fact 1 and 2 are correct why is fact 3 wrong?
What are the value of each of the variables in fact 1 and 2?

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Question 44433: Mendy was working out on the treadmill. She worked out for 15 minutes. Part of the time she was walking at 3.3 miles per hour. Her heart rate during that time was 108 beats per minute. THe rest of the time she was slowly jogging at 4.2 miles per hour. Her heart rate during that time was 129 beats per minute. During the 15 minutes she covered .89 mile.
How much time did she spend walking and how much time did she spend jogging?
What was her average heart rate during the 15 minutes?

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Question 44678: i need help om elimination method
3y=x
5x+14=y
thank you mike

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Question 44768: A jar full of nickels and dimes contains 180 coins . If the total amount of money contained in the jar is $13.000, how many nickels are in the jar?
I set up the equation,
$0.05x + 0.10y = $13.00
and x + y = 180
x=nickels and y=dimes
i really don't remember how to solve it now, since it has two variables...please if someone could help me, i would really appreciate it [please by today?] thanks

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Question 44768: A jar full of nickels and dimes contains 180 coins . If the total amount of money contained in the jar is $13.000, how many nickels are in the jar?
I set up the equation,
$0.05x + 0.10y = $13.00
and x + y = 180
x=nickels and y=dimes
i really don't remember how to solve it now, since it has two variables...please if someone could help me, i would really appreciate it [please by today?] thanks

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Question 44759: i need help in in elimination
6x-8+y=0
11=3y-8x
any help would be great thanks
mike

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Question 44769: another question, sorry again =]
How much of a 20% acid solution should be mixed with 80 mL of 5% acid solution to obtain a 12% acid solution?
well, i tried it, but no luck...
0.20(x mL) + 0.05(80 mL) = 0.12(80 + x)
but when i solve it, the answer doesn't come out reasonable..maybe im solving it wrong, i don't know, but please help =]

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Question 44769: another question, sorry again =]
How much of a 20% acid solution should be mixed with 80 mL of 5% acid solution to obtain a 12% acid solution?
well, i tried it, but no luck...
0.20(x mL) + 0.05(80 mL) = 0.12(80 + x)
but when i solve it, the answer doesn't come out reasonable..maybe im solving it wrong, i don't know, but please help =]

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Question 44604: 2x over 3 + 3y over 5 = 11 over 12
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Question 45100: Please write the rational expression in lowest terms

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Question 45099: Express the rational expression in lowest terms

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Question 45108: Hi,
I would really appreciate help with this problem:
George and Michael working together can do a job in 24 hours. After George being working alone for 7 hours, Michael joined him and together finished the job in 20 more hours. How long would it take each one working alone to do the job?
Thanks in advance,
Louis

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Question 45350: Write an algebraic expression for:
The sum of 53 and three times a number

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Question 45351: Please write an algebraic expression for:
The product of 3 and a number squared

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Question 45354: 2x - 2(3x+7)=x - 5
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Question 45398: find the indicated sum, products and quotients
3x-2y+4(-x+3(y-2x)-3y)-2x

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Question 45417This question is from textbook
: solve each polynomial equation for the variable. #128 page 360, 2x^2+3x=35This question is from textbook

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Question 45517: please help me solve this problem/ question
Fact 1: A divided by C = A
Fact 2: A plus B = A
Fact 3: ABC = 1
If Fact 1 and 2 are true why is Fact 3 not true?
and
What are the values of each of the variables in Fact 1 and 2?
Thank You!!!

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Question 45613: Simplify each expression so that no negative exponents appear in the final result. Assume all variables represent nonzero real numbers.


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Question 45905: I do not know how to make this into simplest form. This is in my rational expressions. This is supposed to be a fraction. Can someone help me with this one.
-15x^3y^3 / -20xy^4

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Question 45912: The equation h = -16t^2 – 32t + 112t gives the height of an arrow, shot upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 112ft/s, where t is the time after the arrow leaves the ground. Find the time it takes for the arrow to reach a height of 180 ft.
Not sure where to start on this one.
Thanks for help

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Question 46221: Can someone please help me by explaining how to divide (-16x^3 - 16x^2 + 9x +18) / (4x + 1) ?!?!
THANK YOU!!

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