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Question 266927: Hi, I'm trying to find the answer for: "46 less than three times a number is equal to the number. What is the number?" I believe it is 23, or what is the number?
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Question 267018: Solve By The Addition Method ?
2x+y-3z=7
x-2y+3z=1
3x-4y-3z=13

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Question 267018: Solve By The Addition Method ?
2x+y-3z=7
x-2y+3z=1
3x-4y-3z=13

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Question 267214: Translate the following sentence into an algebraic equation:"6 more than triple a number is 3 times the difference of a number & 2."
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Question 267561: A train traveling R miles per hour for T hours travels a total of RT miles (remember: Distance = Rate (R) * Time (T).
Find the distance traveled by a 70 miles per hour train in 4 1/2 hours.
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Question 268441: when 50% of a number is subtracted from 70, the result is 2 less than the number
write equation and solve
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Question 269151: Need help solving this. I have done it and come up with the answer 17. I have a friend who did it and comes up with -14 for an answer.
The problem to solve is this. [2(3-4)-2]-[3-(2-9)]:ans> -16
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Question 269559: a gardener has a garden that is 20 feet wide and 100 feet long. She wants to have a stone border (along all 4 edges of the garden and inside) of uniform width. The stone border should use 100 square feet of crushed stone. How wide should the border be in inches?
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Question 270033: need to write an algebraic expression for a number increased by eleven
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Question 270042: the sum of a number an eight using the letter x
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Question 270048: a algebraic expression for a number minus ten using the letter x
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Question 270052: an algebraic expression one less than a number using the letter x
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Question 270052: an algebraic expression one less than a number using the letter x
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Question 270052: an algebraic expression one less than a number using the letter x
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Question 270051: To factor a trinomial that is quadratic in form.
16x3 y+4x2y2-42xy3
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Question 270079: To Factor a trinomial that is quadratic in form ?
3x^4+20x^2+32
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Question 270039: five times a number using the letter x
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Question 270384: Julia, who is 1.51 m tall, wishes to find the height of a tree with a shadow 31.05 m long. She walks 20.70 m from the base of the tree along the shadow of the tree until her head is in a position where the tip of her shadow exactly overlaps the end of the tree top's shadow. How tall is the tree? Round to the nearest hundredth.
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Question 270710: I am thinking of two consecutive odd integers. The sum of their squares is 130. Find the numbers.
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Question 270726: An arithmetic student needs an average of 70 or more to receive credit for the course. She scored 82, 64, and 98 on the first three exams. Write an inequality representing the score she must get on the last test to receive credit for the course.
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Question 271072: There are 216 biographies in the library there are 5 biographies of men for every 4 biographies of women. How many biographies of women are there?
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Question 272160: If the difference of a number and four is tripled, the result is six more than the number. what is the number??
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Question 272475: a 25 foot wire is to be cut so the longer piece is 1 foot longer than 5 times the shorter piece. find both lengths
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Question 272561: The Bon Appetit Bakery makes 4 1/2 times as much revenue on donuts as muffins. If total sales were $44,000 for May, what dollar amount of each was sold?
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Question 273202: pls do this 4me: A TWO DIGIT NUMBERS TENTH PLACE DIGIT IS TWO TIMES GREATER THAN THE UNIT DIGIT. WHEN 8 IS SUBTRACTED FROM THAT NUMBER THE DIGIT BECOMES EQUAL, WHAT IS THAT NUMBER?
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Question 273475: 1) Suppose you are taking a course that has 4 Tests. the first 3 Tests have 100 points each and the fouth has 200 points. to get an A in the course, a student must have an average of at least 90 percent on the four Tests. your scores on the first 3 Tests were: 87 , 92 and 84. what must you score on the fourth Test to get an A in Course?
2) Suppose your driving on a freeway to a town 150 miles from your home. After 30 minutes you pass a freeway exit that you know is 25 miles from your home. Assuming that you continue at the same constant speed, how long will the entire trip take?
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Question 273569: How do i write this as an equarion?
thirty equals nine less tha the product of seven and a number
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Question 273469: At work one day, Erica Franz received 21 packages. SD delivered twice as many as RE, while RE delivered three more than SQ Package Service. How many packages did each service deliver to Erica?
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Question 273718: An experienced bricklayer can work twice as fast as an apprentice bricklayer. After they worked on a job for 8 hours, the experienced bricklayer quit. The apprentice required 12 more hours to finish the job. How long would it take the experienced bricklayer, working alone, to do the job?
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Question 274744: In 2005, Americans spent a total of $26 billion to remodel
bathrooms and kitchens. They spent $5 billion more on kitchens
than on bathrooms. How much was spent on each?

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Question 274958: Avoiding a collision. A car is traveling on a road that
is perpendicular to a railroad track. When the car is
30 meters from the crossing, the car’s new collision
detector warns the driver that there is a train 50 meters
from the car and heading toward the same crossing. How
far is the train from the crossing?
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Question 275059: Find a number that is 96 greater that its oppostie. So far I know you have to do the following:
Let x=number
-x=opposite
x=-x+96 but i dont know how to solve that.i think it is:
-96=-x-x
-96=-2x
-96/-2x=48 does x=48? did i do it correctly? THank You
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Question 275215: Studying probabilities ...
Three cards are drawn in succession and without replacement from a standard deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that they are all face cards ( jack, queen, king)?
The textbook says the answer is 11/1105, but for the life of me I can't get it to come out.
Can you help me please?
Thanks in advance!

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Question 275265: find the number such that when it doubled and4 is added, the result is the same as when it is tripled and 9 subtracted
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Question 275261: find four consecutive numbers whose sum is 78
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Question 275345: Beaker A contains 1 liter which is 15 percent oil and the rest is vinegar, thoroughly mixed up. Beaker B contains 2 liters which is 40 percent oil and the rest vinegar, completely mixed up. Half of the contents of B are poured into A, then completely mixed up. How much oil (in liters)should now be added to A to produce a mixture which is 60 percent oil?
i dont even know where to begin!! any help would be really appreciated :)
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Question 275451: translate the following into an algebraic expression and find the number.
"the sum of five times a number and 11 is four less than the product of eight and the number."
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Question 276021: 6 less than N
The sum of M and T
38 multiplied by N
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Question 276298: A blueprint has a scale where 1 inch represents 5 feet. Find the dimensions of a rectangular room that measures 3 1/2 inches by 5 3/4 inches on the blueprint.
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Question 276295: The sum of two numbers is 80. If the larger is divided by the smaller, the quotient is 7, and the remainder is 8. Find the numbers.

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Question 276302: An inheritance of $300,000 is to be divided between a son and the local heart fund in the ratio of 3 to 1. How much money will the son receive?
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Question 276652: 50 increased by 20%=
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Question 276672: Allied Plumbing sold 2,390 feet of 5/8 inch galvanized pipe in July. If 2,558 feet were sold in August, what is the percent increase in pipe footage sales?
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