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Question 23856: -35+6n<7n

solve it please

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Question 24048: 4x + .02 = 1.5x + 9
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Question 23987: How do you find this inequality? -1/3Y GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 3
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Question 24209: i have been lost in algebra completley from the start how do i prep for the taks test?..can i get tutoring over all algebra?
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Question 24216: -15p is less than or equal to -90
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Question 24216: -15p is less than or equal to -90
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Question 24222: x>=2x-4
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Question 24396: Can you Please answer this question |b+2|= -1
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Question 24362: x>-4 and x<=-1 <= means it is less then but equal to sorry if your confused please help me with this.
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Question 24401: -7x+14>-7
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Question 24422: the sum of a number(n) and 81 is greater than the product of -2 ant the number(n). Write the equation and find the number(n)
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Question 24608: graph |x|<-3
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Question 24932: can you please help me solve: -2w <-18
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Question 24920: solve the inequality and graph its solution:
-5<4+x
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Question 25016: solve and graph 4 isless than 2x-2 is less than 10.
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Question 25017: write the funtion that includes this data set [(1,3),(2,0),(3,3),(4,-6)]
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Question 25039: My daughter is having trouble with the problem below and I have tried to help but I am at a loss too. Can you help?
Here is the problem.
2a/4-31=4(2+8a) a=

Thanks for any help
Kim Hodges
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Question 25169: This is my question.
I am not clear on how to solve this equation. From clearing the fractions to solving for b. Could you please help me. And give me a step by step solution to this problem? Thank you
1/a + 1/b = c for b
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Question 25338: 8x-(x-5)is greater than x plus 17
i dont have the slightest clue how to solve this problem.
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Question 25380: |y-5|-2=10 having trouble please show me step by step trying to understand how to do it thank you!
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Question 25380: |y-5|-2=10 having trouble please show me step by step trying to understand how to do it thank you!
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Question 25369: How do you solve the problem -7 is greater than or equal to -6.3?
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Question 25251: how do you solve a linear inequality problem. could you give me a formula or example of a problem. Thanks
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Question 25429: why must you reverse the inequality sign when multiplying or dividing both sides by a negative?
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Question 25651: I'm confused to how to set this question up as an inequality.
-Keith weighs 200 pounds. He wants to weigh less than 175 pounds. If he can lose an average of 2 pounds per week on a certain diet, how long should he stay on his diet to reach his goal weight?
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Question 25666: This question seems too hard to set up. Could someone help me out?
-Find all sets of three consecutive positive even integers whose sum is less than 40.
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Question 25488: I need help finding the domain of a function?
what is the domain of g(x)= 1/x -(3/(x+2))
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Question 25485: why must you reverse the inequality sign when multiplying or dividing both sides by a negative number?
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Question 25687: 4 - x < 3
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Question 25709: Please show me how to solve this problem:
Let f(x)=x2(x square) and g(x)=x+4 and find
a. (fog)(5)
b. (gof)(5)
c. (fog)(x)
d. (gof)(x)
These problems are called the composition of f with g and the composition of g with f. Equations and inequalities in two variables
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Question 25714: graph y<3x+2
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Question 25786: m-3<-17
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Question 26232: is this right
2x-Y=1
x=-3y+11
2(-3y+11)-y= 1
-6y+22-y=1
-7y+22=1
-7y=-21
y=3
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Question 26221: 4p<-2 and 2+p>-5
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Question 26307: how do you solve this problem. step by step
2x+2>5x+1
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Question 26338: How do you solve this problem step by step?
k-3<-7 or k+5(greater-than or equal to)8

thanks
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Question 26350: Kina solved -15q<135 by adding 15 to each side of the inequality. What mistake did she make?
B. kina's solution was q<150. She checked her work by substituting 150 for q in the original inequality. Why didn’t her check let her know that she had made a mistake?

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Question 26355: a+4<14
9k-12>80+8k
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Question 26418: what is the answer to 7/10t<-5
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Question 26710: An arithmetic student needs an average of 70 or more to receive credit for the course. She scored 72, 61, and 71 on the first three exams. Write an inequality representing the score she must get on the last test to receive credit for the course.
Please help.
Thank you so much.
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Question 26991: The line given by the equation y = 2x + 1/3 is perpendicular to the line given by what equation?

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Question 27166: Assume that the number of viruses present in a sample is modeled by the exponential function "f(t) = 10t", where t is the elapsed time in minutes. How would you apply logarithms to determine when the sample will grow to 5 billion viruses?
~I am not sure how to answer this question...can someone please help me?! Thank you!~
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Question 27491: 4r<16
Divide both sides by 4: 4r/4<16/4
You get: r<4
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Question 27511: can you please help me with this problem
r + 6 < -1
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