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Question 231726: what is x2+29x+100
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Question 231812: x-2 less then or equal to 6
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Question 231838: Solve the following compound inequalities. Graph the solution set.
1. -5<7-2x<15

***i got totally lost trying to do this homework problem. please help me!!!!***
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Question 231843: is 6.80<6.8?
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Question 232048: what does it mean in the below question when it says the opposite of?
the opposite of three times a number is greater than 12? I know it would be 3n is greater than 12 but what do I do for the opposite of???
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Question 231653: the opposite of g is at least -5
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Question 232333: how do you solve:
1) 3x^2+8x-3<0
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Question 232388: A triangle's sides have lengths 1/(x+2), 1/(x+1) and 1/x what are the possible values of x?
a) 0 < x < square root 2 b) x > 0 c) x > 1 d) x< 1 e) x > square root 2
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Question 232444: Solve the inequality.
5(3p - 2) > 50
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Question 232620: the prouduct of -15 (and) y is less than or equal to 90 and hi i'm asia i'm fine and how are you to day

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Question 232619: the prouduct of -15 (and) y is less than or equal to 90 and hi i'm asia i'm fine and how are you to day

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Question 232683: The rope Roz brought with her camping gear is 54 inches long. Roz needs to
cut shorter pieces of rope that are each 18 inches long. What are the
possible number pieces Roz can cut??
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Question 232728: The rope Roz brought with her camping gear is 54 inches long. Roz needs to
cut shorter pieces of rope that are each 18 inches long. What are the
possible number pieces Roz can cut??
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Question 232893: How do I know wich way the ">" and "<" go??
And what would the answer be to this proublem... a over 2 < -9
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Question 232921: How do I graph the inequality y<2x-5?
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Question 232952: three new ink cartridges cast $9 less than 5 new ink cartridges. Write and solve an equation to find the cost of each ink cartidges.

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Question 232950: three new ink cartridges cast $9 less than 5 new ink cartridges. Write and solve an equation to find the cost of each ink cartidges.

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Question 232967: 5x+24=2x+15
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Question 233004: If 2 six-sided dice are tossed, what is the probabilty that the sum of the numbers will be greater than 10?
I already know that there are three choices; 5,6 6,5 6,6
But i dont know how to set it up to solve
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Question 233011: If 2 six-sided dice are tossed, what is the probabilty that the sum of the numbers will be greater than 10?
A 7/36
B 1/5
C 29/36
D 5/6

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Question 233011: If 2 six-sided dice are tossed, what is the probabilty that the sum of the numbers will be greater than 10?
A 7/36
B 1/5
C 29/36
D 5/6

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Question 233023: the absolute value of x is subtracted by 7 is equal to 7. Solve.
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Question 233029: the absolute value of x is subtracted by 7 is equal to 50. Solve.
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Question 233033: 3 absolute value x - 12= 18. DO you divide 3 first? or do you add 12 first?
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Question 233058: Can you please help me understand this? Thanks.
Solve the inequality
-1/3x < 12
and
-2/3a > 8
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Question 233069: Can you please tell me if I'm doing this right? PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks.
(I'm using l to represent absolute value because my keyboard doesn't have what I need to correctly represent it).
la -4 l(greater than or equal to) 8
a-4 (greater than or equal to) 8
add 4
a (greater than or equal to 12
a-4 (less than or equal to -8
add four
a (less than or equal to) -4
Answer= a (greater than or equal to) 12 and a(less than or equal to) -4
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Question 233083: I'm not the best at word problems. If you are able to help i would be soooo happy (: Thanks you bunches!!
Doreen has started a part-time business making and selling bird houses. Her equiptment costs $75. If she makes a profit of $6 on each, how many bird houses must Doreen sell to make as total profit of more than $135? Write and solve an inequality for this situation.
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Question 233438: if you could can you please explain to me how to solve this math problem? thank you soooo much!! (:
(I stands for absolute value since i dont have the actual symbol)
I x I + 4 (is less than) 9
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Question 233518: Solve the inequality
3(x-1)>3x
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Question 233515: How do you put y>= 2x-9 into intercept form?
note: >= stands for greater than equal to
thanks.
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Question 233529: A shop rents canoes for a $7 equipment fee and $2 per hour, with a maximum cost of $15 per day. Express the number of hours x and the cost y as a relation in table form, and find the cost to rent a canoe for 1,2,3,4,and 5 hours.
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Question 233606: I have a special request on Question 74345. It seems that there was indeed a mistake in the person's formula. Please check mine because I might be wrong. Thanks :))
8x-(x-5)>x+17
8x-x+5>x+17
7x+5>x+17
6x>12
x>2

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Question 233861: solve this inequality x+ 2/3 <_ 5/6
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Question 234171: factor completely:
8x^4y^4-18x^2y^6
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Question 234199: suppose it costs 5 dollars to enter a carnival. Each ride costs 1.25 dollars. you have 15 dollars to spend at the carnival. What is the greatest number of rides that you can go on?
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Question 234211: x+3greather than or equal to 2x+1
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Question 234203: if you have an inequality and you are replacing the variable with a number to see if it is a solution to that given inequality, and the problem looks like this:
4*-2+7>15
do you multiply by negative 2 to both sides?
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Question 234422: 5s - 9 < 2 (s - 6)
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Question 234496: 4(3x -2) > 12(x + 1)
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Question 234494: 4(3x -2) > 12(x + 1)
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Question 234721: 5y-2(y-15)<9
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Question 234798: A spool of ribbon is 80 inches long. riley needs to cut strips of ribbon that are 14 inches long. what are the possible numbers of strips that riley can cut?
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Question 234882: I need help on solving -5w+8>=13 and the steps to solving it.
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Question 234884: I need help on solving k/5+2>6 and the steps to solving it.
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