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Question 447774: how to simplify sqrt (12ab^3c^2)
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Question 447921: coffee grounds inc has two limds of coffee. Coffee A costs $9 per kg and coffee B costs $6 per kg. how many kilograms of each should be combined to obtain 150 kg of a blend worth $8 per kg

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Question 448061: Alvin paddles for 3 hours with a 5 km/ hr current to reach a campsite. The return trip against the same current took 8 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water.
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Question 448747: I am using substitution. I got this problem:
y=3x-1
3x-y=-1.
I got to this point:
3x-(3x+1)=-1 , but i cant find x
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Question 448852: I really can't figure this one out !
What is the simplified form of the expression ?
1/3 - x / 1/2-y

Please show me how to do this - so I can figure others out.
Thank you

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Question 448873: Soybean meal is 14% protein, cornmeal is 7% protein. How many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 280-lb mixture that is 13% protein. How many pounds of cornmeal?
How many pounds of soybean?
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Question 448926: If P=12 8 x p = q x 6
q = _______________
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Question 449484: Solve by the elimination method.
0.3x-0.2y=4
0.2x+0.5y=-75/17
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Question 449570: Please help! I have this story problem:
In 1991, the life expectancy for males in a certain country is 66.4 years. In 1996, it was 70.0 years. "E" is to represent the life expectancy in year t and t represents the number of years since 1991.
E=__(t) + __
(round to the nearest tenth)
Use the function to predict the life expectancy of males in 2009.
E(18)=__
(round to the nearest tenth)
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Question 449660: Solve 6(n-11)=12+4(2n-3)
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Question 449679: Hello:
I need help with the following word problem:
A university reported that its enrollment increased from 11,934 students in 2006 to 12,228 students in 2007.
a) What is the ratio of the number of students in 2007 to the number of students in 2006?
b) From the result in part a, determine the growth factor. Write it in deciomal form to the nearest thousandth.
c) By what percentage did the enrollment increase?
I believe the easy part is part a which I have determined to be 1.025. I am stumped by the rest.
Thank you so much for your help.
Julie

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Question 449840: how do you solve this problem -3x-2+2x+7=-7-5x
thank you very much for you help
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Question 449852: what is 4x+3-x+1=16+6x
please help and thank you in advance
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Question 449928: solve by the substitution method
5x+2y=-19
-5x+y=43
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Question 449937: Express X in terms of y
3y=SquareRootOf2(1-2x/x+1)
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Question 450283: 2x+3y=8 x-y=2
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Question 450283: 2x+3y=8 x-y=2
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Question 450217: I REALLY need help with parallel & Perpendicular lines!
Here's what it says: Write an equation in slope-intercept form of the line that passes through the given point and is parallel to the graph of the equation.
y=3x-5;(21,22)
Slope i will use _________
Point slope form:
Slope-Intercept form:
Also,
y=x-15;(o,9)
and
2x+1=y;(3,1)
For the last one it says i have to find slope, but isn't the slope already 2 ?
Please, Please, Please HELP!!!!
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Question 450419: Fabulously fit offers a membership for $35 per month plus a $50 enrollment fee. The fitness studio offers memberships for $40 per month plus a $35 enrollment fee. In how many months will the fitness clubs cost the same? What will the cost be?
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Question 450412: Fabulously fit offers a membership for $35 per month plus a $50 enrollment fee. The fitness studio offers memberships for $40 per month plus a $35 enrollemnt fee. in how many months will the fitness clubs cost the same? what will the cost be?
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Question 450395: How would you work out 4.4s+6.2=8.8s-1.8
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Question 450461: Newton's Second Law of Motion states that the acceleration of the object varies inversely with its mass. A constant force acting upon an object with mass 9 kg produces an acceleration of 5 m/s (squared). The acceleration of another object produced by the same force is 3 m/s (squared). What is the mass of this object?
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Question 450501: Graph the equation and identify the y-intercept
x+4y=20
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Question 450502: Graph the equation and identify the y-intercept.
y= 2/3x-5
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Question 450511: 4x*6y/18yz
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Question 450868: y= 3x + 11
y= -2x + 1
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Question 451212: I need help with a word problem. In 1994, the life expectancy of males in a certain country was 65.5 years. In 1998, it was 69.0 years. Let E represent the life expectancy in year t and let t represent the number of years since 1994.
E(t)= _t+_
E(9)=
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Question 451248: simplify the expression:
-(9+4c)-4(c+2)+20
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Question 451248: simplify the expression:
-(9+4c)-4(c+2)+20
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Question 451138: one canned juice drink is 30% orange juice; another is 5% orange juice. how many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 25L THAT IS 25% ORANGE JUICE? HOW MANY LITERS OF 30% ORANGE JUICE SHOULD BE IN THE MIXTURE? How many liters of 5% orange juice should be in the mixture?
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Question 451251: simplify the expression
5x-12+y+x+15-6y
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Question 451253: simplify the expression
7h+4(8h-8)+42
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Question 451255: simplify the expression
28+3(m-4)-m
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Question 451386: please help me solve: 20=5(-3+x)
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Question 451249: simplify the expression
-2(4m+X+13)
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Question 449948: Given the function H(s)=6s+6
find the following:
H(2)
H(-3)
H(6.8)
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Question 448994: 2m+n=11 m-4n=37 Solve by substitution method. what is the solution of the system?
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Question 447782: what is the product of (xy-4z) and (3x+2z-7)?
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Question 444106: Distribution and Combining Like Terms
Simplify:
7n + 5(-2 – 5q) – 3n + 2q + 7
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Question 447279: Solving by Substitution
{x+2y=14
y=3x-14
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Question 1352: how do u solve 3x +15 when x=12

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Question 2169: which of the following is (are) like terms?
1.34x and - 18x
2. 2x and 2xy
3. x3 and 3x
A. 1 only
B. 2 only
C. 1 and 3 only
D. 2 and 3 only
E. 1, 2, and 3
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Question 4148: Solve by frist eliminating the decimal numbers.
0.5x + 3.4 = 2.0x + 12.4
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Question 4361: find the sum or difference indicated for each pair of polynomials
(4x - 6x + 5) + (3x + 14x - 6)
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Question 4824: 12h+5h
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