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Question 453284: seventeen less than the product of two numbers
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Question 454271: 8 friends went to the lake. some paid 4 dollars for tickets to the water slide the rest paid 7 dollars each for boat ride rentals the group paid 38 dollars in all. how many friends rented boats.
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Question 454272: sal bought some post card. if he send the same number to each of 6 friends, he will have none left over. if he sends the same to 7 friends he will have 3 left over. how many post card did sal buy?
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Question 455060: . Essay; show all work. Bob’s Barber Shop estimates their gross revenue for the second quarter to be given by the polynomial 3x^3 + 6x^2 + 3x + 3. The shop estimates their costs for that quarter to be given by 9x^2 – 6x + 5. For the second quarter, find and simplify a polynomial that will represent their profit
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Question 455232: Twice the sum of two numbers is 28. The sum of the squares of the two numbers is 100. What is the product of the two numbers?
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Question 455225: A number X is five more than two times X minus three? How do I write this and solve this?
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Question 455666: If the US Senate, with 100 members, contains 20 more Democrats than Republicans, how many Democrats does it contain?
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Question 455688: A farmer wants to fence in three sides of a rectangular field with 1,000 feet of fencing. The other side of the rectangle will be the river. If the enclosed area is to be maximized, find the dimensions of the field.
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Question 456075: A bag contains 2 red marbles,4 green marbles, and 4 blue marbles. You choose one marble at random, put the marble back into the bag, then choose a second marble at random. what is the probability that you choose 2 red marbles?
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Question 456569: This problem has me a little confused and was wondering if someone could help out! (3x + 1)(x squared - 9x +2)
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Question 456646: I am a little confused on this. I know I divide by 3x + 2 but I get confused on the signs and if they should be changed to - or + If someone could give me a few pointers it would be greatly appreciated. This is the problem(3x squared - 10x - 8) divided by (3x + 2)
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Question 456955: Help me solve this problem? Nine less than 3 times a number, divided by 4, is 21.
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Question 457079: If anyone can show the steps taken to complete this problem it would begreatly appreciated. I have been out of school for quite awhile and am still drawing a blank. (x-3)(2x-7)=0
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Question 457079: If anyone can show the steps taken to complete this problem it would begreatly appreciated. I have been out of school for quite awhile and am still drawing a blank. (x-3)(2x-7)=0
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Question 457372: you have 60 percent of a bottle of raspberry syrup remaining. If 10 fluid ounces were used, how many fluid ounces did the bottle originally hold?
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Question 457574: This problem has me a little stumped. (3x - 3.5) - (x + 1.8)
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Question 457624: With this problem (5x- 6) - (2x - 3) do I multiply to get 10x2-15x-12x+18 or just do simple subtraction?
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Question 457624: With this problem (5x- 6) - (2x - 3) do I multiply to get 10x2-15x-12x+18 or just do simple subtraction?
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Question 457837: x^2 + 6 = -5x
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Question 458140: kirsten can type a 50-page paper in 8 hours. Last month kirsten and courtney,together,typed a 50-page paper in 6 hours. How long would it take courtney to type a 50-page paper on her own?
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Question 458138: one watering system needs about 3 times as long to complete a job as another watering system. When both systems operate at the same time,the job can be completed in 9 minutes. How long does it take each system to do the job alone?
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Question 458151: if the sides of a square are lengthned by 7 inches,the area becomes 121 in^2.find the length of a side of the original square.

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Question 458151: if the sides of a square are lengthned by 7 inches,the area becomes 121 in^2.find the length of a side of the original square.

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Question 458190: a tank can be filled in 18 hours by pipe A or in 24 hours by pipe B.how long would it take both pipes to fill the tank?
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Question 458201: the product of two consecutive intergers is 224

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Question 458202: the reciprocal of 4 plus the reciprocal of 5 is the reciprocal of what number
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Question 458152: a tank can be filled in 18 hours by pipe A or in 24 hours by pipe B. How long would it take both pipes to fill the tank?
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Question 458163: the product of two consecutive even intergers is 224
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Question 458204: if the sides of a square are lengthned by 7 inches,the area becomes 121 in^2. find the length of a side of the original square
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Question 458440: A certain factory products are made in vats that has a capacity to hold 70 quarts. Each bottle contains 10/51. how many bottles from each vat
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Question 458438: A family has an anual income of $21,600 of this 1/4 for food 1/5 for housing 1/10 for clothing 1/9 savings, 1/4 for taxes. How much money is used for housing?
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Question 458825: The difference of a number and 9 is 49 less the number. Find the number.
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Question 458832: The sum of 3, 6, and a number amounts to 13. Find the number.
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Question 459049: An apartment building contains 12 units consisting of one- and two-bedroom apartments that rent for $360 and $450 per month, respectively. When all units are rented, the total monthly rental is $4,950. What is the number of two-bedroom apartments?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7

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Question 459205: Solve. Please show the algebraic inequality you used and show all of your work.
In order for a chemical reaction to remain stable, its Celsius temperature must be no more than C. Find the Fahrenheit temperatures at which the reaction will remain stable. C + 32

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Question 459378: The weight of water is 62&1/2lb per cubic foot. What is the weight of 19&1/3 cubic feet of water?
Please and Thank You

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Question 459757: Just wondering if this is just a basic addition problem or is there more to it. (4x^2 + 3x) + (4x + 5)
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Question 460027: Hello. Referred to me by Minka.

A hardware supplier manufactures three kinds of clamps, types A, B, and C. Production restrictions force it to make 20 more tye C clamps than the total of the other types and twice as many type b clamps as type A clamps. The shop must produce 380 clamps per day. How many of each type are made per day?
How many type A clamps are produced?
How many type B clamps are produced?
How many type C clamps are produced?
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Samantha

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Question 460033: Hello. Referred to me by Minka.
The function f(x) = 180x/100-x models the cost, f(x), in millions of dollars, to remove x% of a river's pollutants. If the government commits $60 million for this project, what percentage of the pollutants can be removed?
___% of the pollutants can be removed.
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Samantha

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Question 460033: Hello. Referred to me by Minka.
The function f(x) = 180x/100-x models the cost, f(x), in millions of dollars, to remove x% of a river's pollutants. If the government commits $60 million for this project, what percentage of the pollutants can be removed?
___% of the pollutants can be removed.
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Samantha

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Question 460032: Hello. Referred to me by Minka.
The polynomial 0.0013x^3 - 0.075x^2 + 1.5x + 11 models natural gas consumption in trillions of cubic feet, where x=0 corresponds to 1960, x=1 to 1961, and so on.
In which year between 1970 and 1990 was natural gas consumption about 23.1 trillion cubic feet?
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Question 460029: Hello. Referred to me by Minka.
The cumulative number of car accidents from 2000 to 2010 can be modeled by the quadratic expression, C= -41x^2+1640x+15,744, where x=1 corresponds to 2000, x=2 corresponds to 2001, and so on until x=11 corresponds to 2010.
a) find the number of cumulative car accidents in 2005?
b) the number of car accidents reached 21,600 in about what year?
(round to the nearest whole number, please).
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Samantha

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Question 460222: What number added to 73 is 201?
Translate to an equation. Do not solve.

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Question 460213: The sum of the box’s length and height

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Question 460663: Aliaba was arranging the carpets for the flying carpet brigade. They were going to fly in a rectangular formation. When he put 4 carpets in each row, he had 3 left over. When he put 5 carpets in each row, he had 1 left over. How many carpets could there have been in the carpet brigade?
Use more than one way to present your solution(s).

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