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Question 257625: A shop has enough food to feed 520 people for 8 days. 312 more people arrive. How long will the food last now?
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Question 257592: The final grade for a particular course is calculated by dividing total points earned by total points available. There are 120 points available in the first half of the course, and 140 points in the second half of the course. If a student earns 81% in the first half of the course, how many points must the student earn in the second half in order to earn an 80% B final grade?
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Question 257988: They gave me this word problem:
I'm thinking of a number. The square of this number is the same as the number times 4. What could my number be?
I'm lost i have no clue how to write the equation. If you help me i would be very greatful. Please and thank you.
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Question 258054: Hypatia said that, for the linear functions, vertical translations have the same effect as horizontal translations and that reflecting across the x-axis has the same effect as reflecting across the y-axis. Do you agree with Hypatia? Explain why or why not.
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Question 258218: three times a number increased by twenty
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Question 258218: three times a number increased by twenty
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Question 258438: the cost of a long distance telephone call is $.95 for the first minute and $.08 for each additional minute. let C represent the total cost of a call that lasts T minutes. write an equation that represents the cost of a long distance telephone call.
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Question 258478: Blood flow is partially controlled by the cross-sectional area of the blood vessel through which the blood is traveling. Blood vessel B has a radius of 1 times 10−4mm and blood vessel D has a radius of 5 times 10−5mm. Let r1 be the radius of B and r2 be the radius of D. Find the ratio of r1 to r2. What does the ratio tell you?
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Question 258783: four times a number plus five more than three times the number is 47

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Question 258835: In order for a company to realize a profit in the manufacture and sale of a certain item, the revenue, R, for selling X items must be greater than the cost, C, of producing x items. If R=79.99x and C=61x+1050, for what values of x will this product return profit?
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Question 259297: If you have 5units of A and 12units of B and 8 units of C, what is the percent of B?
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Question 260188: four more twice a number is five into an equation
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Question 260253: Given G (t)= 9-2t, write G(-3+h)-G(-3) in simplest form ?
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Question 260334: Audrey has 35 dimes and quarters in her piggy bank with a total value of $6.95. How many of the coins are dimes and how many are quarters?
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Question 260427: four times a number added to 9 times the number equals 39
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Question 260977: The movie theater charges $4 for each child ticket and $7 for each adult ticket. The art club purchased a total of 20 tickets and spent $101.00. How many of each type of ticket did the club buy?
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Question 260981: A bicyle shop has bicycles with 2 wheels and tricycles with 3 wheels. They have 15 different cycles for sale. The 15 cycles have 34 wheels. How many bicycles and tricycles does the shop have for sale?
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Question 261597: Suppose the strings breaks when the ball is at the point whose coordinates are P(2,8). Find the equation of the line on which the initial path lines.
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Question 261599: Is the line y=1/2x+3/2 perpendicular to the line
y=-1/2x+3/2 ?
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Question 262158: OK guys this one is driving me nuts (as do all of them, but this one more most.) Here's what I've got:
A jet flew at an average speed of 640 mph from LA to Chicago. Because of headwinds the jet averaged only 512 mph on the return trip, and took 48 minutes longer. How many hours was the flight from Chicago to LA? How far is Chicago to LA?
I swear I thought this was some kind of trick question. I've tried plugging those numbers in every which way but standing on my head, and I cannot build any kind of equation from them. It just seems like I'm a number short. Is there really enough information there to answer those questions?
Thanks!
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Question 262739: Wildlife researchers on Isle Royale catch, tag and release 50 moose. A few weeks later they catch 40 moose, 6 of which are tagged. What is the approximate moose population of Isle Royale?
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Question 262737: if the property tax on a property with an assessed value of $150,000 is $1350, what is the property tax on a property with an assessed value of $225,000? What is the tax rate?
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Question 262874: Please.... help me with this word problem from Solving Linear Equations problem solving-word problem:
Pottery sold at the original price of 10.50 but decreased in price by $3.00 each. I f all 85 pieces sold and took in $712.50, find out how many sold at original price and how many sold at reduce price.
Thank you!
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Question 262736: A 257 foot rope is cut into 4 pieces. The second piece is 3 feet longer than twice the shortest piece. The third piece is three times the length of the shortest piece. The last piece is 20 feet longer than half the shortest piece. How long is the longest piece?
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Question 263058: Three times the larger of the two numbers is 10 more than twice the smaller. Five times the smaller is 11 less than four times the larger. What are the numbers?
I need help setting up the two equations.
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Question 263055: triple a number minus the sum of the number and nine
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Question 263264: A number increases by 40%, then decreases by 50%. What is the percent change from the original number to the final number?
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Question 263644: one number is twice another number. If the larger is diminished by ten the result is two more than the smaller. Find the number.
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Question 263769: if x + y = 100, what will happen to the value of y when the value of x is doubled?
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Question 263879: The sum of 1/5 and twice a number is equal to 4/5 subtracted from 3 times a number. Find the number.
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Question 264350: if P = y/x, what will happen to the value of P when the values of x and y are both doubled?
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Question 264349: If A x B = 100, what will happen to the value of A when the value of B is doubled?
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Question 265514: Find three consecutive even integers such that the sum of the first and second equals the sum of the third and -10
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Question 265570: Please help me solve this word problem...
A steel beam increases by 2%. Its initial length is 40 cm. What is its length after the increase?
My guess is 40 + 2 but it is not working out correctly!
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Question 265572: a + b = 5
What is a? What is b?
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Question 263766: if A = l squared,what will happen to the value of A when the value of l is doubled?
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Question 265899: A merchant has coffee worth $20 a pound that she wishes to mix with 50 pounds of coffee worth $80 a pound to get a mixture that can be sold for $60 a pound. How many pounds of the $20 coffee should be used?
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Question 266117: A boat weighs 1500lb more than its motor and 1900lb more than its trailer. How much does the boat weigh?
2666 & 2/3l pounds. HOW?!
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Question 266117: A boat weighs 1500lb more than its motor and 1900lb more than its trailer. How much does the boat weigh?
2666 & 2/3l pounds. HOW?!
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Question 266115: The difference of two integers is 9. Five times the smaller is 7 more than three times the larger. Find the numbers.
17 & 26. How?!
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Question 266793: Solve By The Addition Method ?
x+3y+z=6
3x+y-z=-2
2x+2y-z=1
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