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Question 309760: what is one possible value of x for which x < 2 < 1/x ?
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Question 309760: what is one possible value of x for which x < 2 < 1/x ?
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Question 309770: How do I add and simplify the following:
8v/v^2 – 49 + v/v-7

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Question 309805: How do I write the solution set of {x| } for (x+20)(x -10)(x+11)>0.
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Question 309768: How do I perform the indicated operations and simplify the following:
w-4/w-9 – w+1/w+9 + w-99/w^2-81

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Question 309980: What is the largest integral value of y if when
3( x + 4 ) = 2 – 3 (x+1) ?
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Question 309984: solve by the elimination method:
5x + 6y = 4
10x + 12y = 8
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Question 309985: graph the equation:
y = 2
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Question 309990: what is one possible value of x for which x < 2 < 1/x ?
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Question 310245: find the value for x that satisfies the inequality 0.7 < x < 0.81
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Question 310336: for which of the following values of m will the value of 3m – 1 be greater than 10 ?
A 4 B 3 C 2 D 1 E 0
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Question 310394: PLEASE ANSWER ALL OF THESE... I WANT TO GO OVER MY TEST THAT MY TEACHER HAD HANDED BACK TO ME TODAY.. AND I WANT TO SEE WHERE I WENT WRONG WITH ALL OF THESE

tell weather the ordered pair is a solution of the inequality.
1. x+y>-9 (0,0)

3. 2x-y>4 ; (-6,-15)

5. 5x+2y less than or equal to 8 ; (-3,6)

7. 0.5x+2.5y greater than or equal to 2 ;(0,0)

9. 0.2y-0.5x>-1 ; (-4,-8)

GRAPH THE INEQUALITY
11. x-y>-4

13. 4y less than or equal to 6x-2

15. 6Y+3 GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO -18X
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Question 310405: Since my understanding of english is not so great I need help on trying to Translate to Inequality and then solve them.
Somehow I find the answers based on my logics but I CAN'T write the inequalities on form of equation.
1. A baseball player is offered an annual salary of $200,000 or a base salary of $100,000 plus a bonus of $1,000 for each hit over 100 hits. How many hits must the baseball player make to ear over $200,000.
2. A pre-med student is taking chemisty course in which four test are given. To get an A, she must average at least 90 on the four tests. The student got scores of 91, 86, and 89 on the first three test. Determine what scores on the last test will allow her to get an A.
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Question 310562: if x-7 is divided by 2 and is less than -6 what would be the solution
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Question 310731: When factoring a trinomial, the last digit, and middle coefficient are important. Explain why.
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Question 310731: When factoring a trinomial, the last digit, and middle coefficient are important. Explain why.
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Question 310918: If y = 4x – 3 and 0 < x < 3, then y is between

a) -3 & 9 b) -2 & 10 c) 0 & 12 d) 1 & 5 e) 1 & 9

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Question 310939: A rectangle has length ( x + 11) in width 2x in . the perimeter of the rectangle is at least 47 inches and at most 52 inches .find the greatest value of x that satisfies the condition
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Question 310996: 0.7 Find a value for x that satisfies the inequality
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Question 311023: 20 > x + (-21)
Solve
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Question 311021: 0.7< x <0.81
Find a value for x that satisfies the inequality
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Question 311202: how do i solve this a over 4 plus 2 < 3 =
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Question 311406: |(3x-2)/(2x-3)|=2
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Question 311479: Trains A and B are traveling in the same direction on parallel tracks. Train A is traveling at 40 miles per hour and train B is traveling at 48 miles per hour. Train A passes a station ar 1:25 a.m. If train B passes the same station at 1:40 a.m., at what time will train B catch up to train A?
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Question 311877: -6x>1/13
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Question 311929: 4.5s + 1= 14.5 (show all work) 2(a+6.5)=20 , w over 7-4= -2.5 , -(2r-1)=2(3-2r) HELP I NEED THE ANSWERS TO THESE IM CONFUSED
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Question 311969: admission to the senior class variety show was $3.75 for students and $4.50 for adults. The senior class collected $1680 from the sale of 400 tickets. How many student tickets were sold?
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Question 312187: Use inverse operations to write a related inequality and
solve for the variable.
d(divided by)6(is less than) 12?
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Question 312235: a/4-7< -12
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Question 312247: 8 < x < 12
12 < y < 15
if x and y are integers that satisfy the conditions above , what is one possible value of xy ?
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Question 312233: 10>5(a+8)
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Question 312250: 3x-2<9x-4
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Question 312248: -4(m-3)>12
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Question 312256: -2p+4<5p-10
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Question 312380: For which of the following ordered pairs (s , t) is s + t > 2 and s – t < -3 ?
a (3 , 2) b (2 , 3) c (1 , 8) d ( 1/2 , 3/2) e ( 0, 3)

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Question 312490: How would you solve following inequality?
|2x-3|>5
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Question 312490: How would you solve following inequality?
|2x-3|>5
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Question 312490: How would you solve following inequality?
|2x-3|>5
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Question 312422: Solve. What is the solution set?
(x+6)(x-4)(x+4)>0
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Question 312452: Why do you factor a quadratic equation before you solve?
Why are there usually two solutions to a quadratic equation?
What do the solutions of a quadratic equation represent? Give a example.
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Question 312723: Solve the following system of equations.
3x + 2y = -12 and x = 2
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Question 312733: Todd is older than Marta but younger than Susan. if t, m, and s represent ages , in years , of Todd, Matra, and Susan, respectively, which of the following is true ?
A m < t < s
B s < m < t
C s < t < m
D t < m < s
E t < s < m

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Question 312654: |x-1|>=1
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Question 312722: Use the graph to solve the system of the 2 equations: x + 3y = 9 and x – 2y = -6
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Question 312988: 5x - 6 < 2 ( 5- 4x)
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