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Question 257386: u/8=7/17
Can someone help me solve this?
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Question 257386: u/8=7/17
Can someone help me solve this?
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Question 257390: Can you please help me solve u/8=7/17 and rounnd it to the nearest tenth? Thank you!!
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Question 257576: Solve the following inequality for x. Express your answer in interval notation. Show your algebraic steps:
2x – (7 + x) < x

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Question 257589: An object's altitude, in meters, is given by the polynomial h + vt - 9.8t2, where h is the height in meters from which the launch occurs, v is the initial upward speed in meters per second, and t is the number of seconds for which the object is airborne. A pebble is shot upward from the top of a building 164 meters tall. If the initial speed is 36 meters per second, how high above the ground will the pebble be after 3 seconds? Round results to the nearest tenth of a meter
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Question 249890: What is the solution to 4x+4y>32
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Question 257747: the width of a retangle is fixed at 16cm what lenghts will make the perimeter greater than 78cm
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Question 257787: Solve the inequality for w.
12 is greater than are equal to w+5
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Question 257964: solve the inequality 3(W+12)<0
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Question 258109: "You are planning to spend no less than $6,000 and no mre than $10,000 on your landscaping project."
how do you write an inequality that shows how much money I will be willing to spend on the project?
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Question 258154: 7z + 3< or = to 6z - 5
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Question 258263: -(a+4)/7is at most 4
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Question 258472: Could you please answer this word problem for me?
A new parking lot has spaces for 450 cars. The ratio of spaces for full-sized cars
to compact cars is 11 to 4. How many spaces are for full-sized cars? How many
spaces for compact cars?
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Question 258406: {5x+6y=12}
{3x-2y=-4}
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Question 258719: The temperature range for a week in a mountain town was between 0-30 degrees Celsius. Find the temerature range in Fahrenheit degrees.
C=5/9F-32
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Question 258763: .6t+.2(t-8)< .5t- .6
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Question 258703: Inequalities seemed all pretty simple but when I try to complete the problem it seems complicated. Here is my Problem.
5/6x-1/6 < x-4
write the solution in interval notation.
It seems to be more complicated for me when the variable is represented as a fraction.
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Question 258890: Use the appropriate property of inequality to solve:
7r/12= -14
I tried:
7r/12 x 12 = 12 x (-14)
7r = -2
7r/7=-2/7
r=-2/7
?
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Question 258911: 3x-9<2x+6
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Question 258954: 3(x+6)=5(x-2)
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Question 258952: 4x+3<2(x+3)
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Question 259118: 6x-4<-40
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Question 259070: how do i know what side of the graph to shade in ?
when testing (0,0)) as the test point.
its confusing when the line drawn is horizontal.
so what side would i shade in ?
Can you give me examples to please !
i have a test friday. (1/20/10)
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Question 258905: the sum of twelve and a nuber is no greater than the sum of twice the number and -8
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Question 259191: If a>b, then which one of the following must be true:
a) a-b < 1 b) ab > b c) a + 1 > b d) a + b > 3b

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Question 257610: What is the least value of y that satisfies the following inequality?
|4+x|+|5+y|≤100
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Question 259426: What is the answer; -4r<22
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Question 259691: If -6 < 2 - 3x < 10 , which of the following can not be a possible value of x?
(A) -3 (B) -2 (C) -1 (D) 0 (E) 2

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Question 259672: who is jose rizal?
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Question 257104: 2y-9<-13
4z-7>7z-4
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Question 259729: (10,-4) is a solution for 12x+15y<=60
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Question 260289: How do I go about answering this question on compound inequalities?
7x+8>or=to -55 or 9x+2>or=to -16 I do not know where to begin.
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Question 260320: what is 7y - 12 < 8y + 5
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Question 260549: can you please help me with
-5w > -125

4 < -x

-15b < -30

please and than you

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Question 260561: Can you help me solve this? If it needs to be graphed, how do I pick the points?
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Question 260633: a flat fee of $150 plus $30 per hour. what the most numder of hours you can work so that the bill will not exceed $1500
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Question 260958: Please help me solve this question: 2/5x+3/4y>20
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Question 260984: my cousin is in 7th grade and i understand how to work a inequalitie such as x+5<20 . i just do not understand how to work one with a fraction and negitive sign in it such as (-1/3)x>30 . please help !
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Question 261231: graph the system of inequalities
x>-1
x<1
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Question 261336: x = 3/x + 1/2
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Question 261339: x^3 - 3x^2 -x +3 <= 0
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Question 261338: x^2 + 3x - 10 >= 0
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Question 261475: need help to solve 3(d-2)-2d>16
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Question 261570: I need to know how can I solve this problem (o)u greater than or equal to negative three please?.
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