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Question 641744: The difference between six and twice a number is 4 more than the number. Help!
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Question 642168: one number is 5 more than another. if the sum of the two numbers is 35, find the two numbers.
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Question 642228: What is 5 more than 23 and 7?
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Question 642938: Three years from now, Judith will be y years old. How old was she 4 years ago?
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Question 643024: what is 2 less than 3 times a number is equal to 7?
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Question 643803: your friend and his two sisters bought you a gift for your birthday. he paid $7.50 for his share (one-third of the gift). what was the total cost of the gift verbal model
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Question 643997: factor: 12a^2 minus 8ab
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Question 644363: E=I(r+R); solve for r
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Question 644467: subtract twice x from y. multiply the answer by n. divide the resulting number by the product of t and s. whats the answer
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Question 644745: Matthew has two different stocks. One of the stocks is worth $4 more per share than the other. He 20) has 13 shares of the more valuable stock and 27 shares of the other stock. His total assets in stocks
is $1412. How much is the more expensive stock worth per share?
PLEASE HELP ME SOLVE THIS
THANK YOU
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Question 645564: Hi. I need help figuring out how to do this problem. Thanks.
Four added to the quotient of a number and 6 is equal to 11 less than the number. What is the number?
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Question 647467: Kingdom, a toy chain, placed a seasonal order for two different stuffed animals. The polar bears cost $11.25 each and the penguins cost $8.75 each. The total cost of the order is $2,042.50 for 210 pieces. How many of each animal were ordered?
Number of polar bears ordered: ___________
Number of penguins ordered: ___________
Equation:_____________________________________________________
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Question 647519: a t shirt and a pair of socks cost 12.70$ if 2 pairs of socks cost 1.45$ less than one t shirt. how much does the t shirt cost
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Question 647517: kaari is taller than elane the difference between the height is 20 cn . kaari's height times 8 is equal to 9 times elane's height. What are their heights
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Question 647542: How do I solve this problem?
The quotient of 6 more than 2 times a number, and the number
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Question 647565: Meera purchases a number of 30 cents and 50 cents stamps for $7.60. If she bought 20 stamps altogether how many of each does she have?
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Question 647749: A square and a rectangle have the same area. The square's length is x and width is x for the rectangle's length is 2x-3 and width is x-2. What is the numerical value of the rectangle's perimeter?
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Question 647939: Write an algebraic expression for "the quotient of r+5 and b".
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Question 647984: The number of calories in taco bells express salad exceeds the number of calories in buger kings chicken caesar salad by 125. The number of calories in Wendy's mandarin chicken salad exceeds the number of calories in the chicken Caesar salad by 95. Combined, the three salads contain 1750 calories. Determine the number of calories in each salad
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Question 648395: 8x=7x-16
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Question 648733: The gym is 21 years newer than the auditorium. The gym is also one fourth as old as the auditorium. Howo old is each building? choices for auditorium's age:26,27,28
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Question 648743: Elliott went to the store for a bag of cookies. When he left the store he gave his mom half the cookies and half a cookie. He then came upon his aunt and gave her half the remaining cookies and half a cookie. Continuing on his way, he found his friend and gave him half the cookies left and half a cookie. When made it to class, he only had six cookies left. How many did he start out with?
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Question 650185: Find the intercepts of the circle (x+1)2 + (y-4)2=9
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Question 650185: Find the intercepts of the circle (x+1)2 + (y-4)2=9
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Question 650185: Find the intercepts of the circle (x+1)2 + (y-4)2=9
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Question 651539: the height h(t) of a projectile measured from ground-level is given by
h(t) = -t^2+8t where t represents the elapsed time in seconds since it was launched
a) can the projectile hit a target located at a height of 20 cm?
b) at what instant does the projectile hit the ground?

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Question 651651: the height h(t) of a projectile measured from ground-level is given by
h(t) = -t^2+8t where t represents the elapsed time in seconds since it was launched
a) can the projectile hit a target located at a height of 20 cm?
b) at what instant does the projectile hit the ground?

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Question 651645: the value v(t) insents of a share is give by v(t) = 2t^2-16t+40 where t represents the number of weeks since the shares purchase
a) after how many weeks is the share worth 58 cents?
b)can the share reach a value of 6 cents? justify your answerr

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Question 652067: the quotient of 70 and the sum of a number and 6.
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Question 652249: A computer repair bill was $225. This included $75 for parts and $50 for each hour of labor. Find the number of hours of labor.

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Question 651441: Have you Lost Your Marbles?
Andy was on his way to a marble tournament when he met Bob. Andy's bag of marbles was heavy, so he gave Bob 1/2 of his marbles plus 2. Then he met Cindy and gave her 1/4 of his remaining marbles plus 5. Just before arriving at the tournament, he met Denise and gave her 1/2 of the marbles he had left. When he got to the tournament, he had 2 marbles left. How many marbles did he start with?
I am a 6th Grade student. I am having difficulties approaching this and putting it into an equation. I also must understand the thought process. Can you please help me!!

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Question 652889: It takes Joan 4 times longet than jane to file the reports. Together, they can file reports in 24 minutes. How long would it take each woman to file the reports by herself?
It take Jane ___ minutes
It takes Joan ___ minutes
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Question 652858: Please help me set this up and solve it:
The larger of two numbers is 5 less than 8 times the smaller. their sum is 94. find the numbers.
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Question 653315: This is a word problem:
Twice a number increased by three-fourths of the number is 44.
The part that says: of the number is what confueses me.
I think it is layed out this way: 2x+3/4x=44
is this right my answer if this is correct is x=176/11
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Question 653410: Your friend's car payment is $450. He currently has $1200 in his bank account. How much does he need to deposit to have a balence of at least $2000 after making his car payment(Identify the unknows, translate the verbal sentences into an inequality and solve)?
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Question 653917: The product of 4 less than x and 8 is 80.
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Question 653917: The product of 4 less than x and 8 is 80.
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Question 655083: A ball is thrown vertically into the air with an initial velocity at 128 feet per second. It's height ( in feet ) after t second is given by h= 128t-16t^2. when will the ball bet at 192 feet above the ground?
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Question 655559: I need help!!! 2 problems. I don't get word problems at all.
1) It takes Molly 5 minutes longer to dig a hole that it takes Holly. If they dig the hole together, it takes them 6 minuites. How long would it take Molly to dig a hole by herself? (round to nearest tenth)
2) Willie paddled 12 miles up the creek and then paddled 12 miles back. If the speed of the current was 3mph and the total trip took 4 hours, what was Willie's speed?
Thanks, Kenny klhopen@gmail.com
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Question 655613: if x is the first of three consecutive even integers, write their sum as an algebraic expression in x
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Question 656746: The cost of leasing a new car is $2,311 for a down payment and processing fee plus $276 per month. How many months can you lease this car with $10,000?
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Question 657760: Teresa makes an investment at 3.8% simple interest. At the end of 1 year, the total value of the investment is $5,190.00. How much did she originally invest?
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Question 657793: if a hen and a half lay an egg and a half, in a day and a half, how many eggs are laid by six hens in six days? show work to explain answer
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