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Question 101740: 15x-y-5(3x-2y+5z)
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Question 101740: 15x-y-5(3x-2y+5z)
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Question 101901: 3x-2x=2(3+x)-4

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Question 102422: 1/2m=1 1/3
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Question 102424: 1/2m=1 1/3
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Question 102444: The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 5/2. What is the number and reciprocal?
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Question 102444: The sum of a number and its reciprocal is 5/2. What is the number and reciprocal?
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Question 102688: What is A=LW for L
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Question 103341: What is the sum of the additive identity and b?
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Question 103340: This is coming from my sons practice worksheets. I don't have a textbook to use as reference.
What is the multiplicative inverse of 5/4?
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Question 103926: Determine the value of k when:
q is inversely proportional to the sum of x and y. If x=0.5 and y=0.7, then q=1.4
Please help!
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Question 104169: (3x+5)/4=5
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Question 104326: solve for x
x/5+4=7
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Question 104574: 5a
--- = 75
2
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Question 105068: If y varies inversely as x and y=7 when x=14, find x when y=2
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Question 101035: solve: 8^3x+4=32^1-x
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Question 106336: How do I solve:
c/2(fraction c over 2)= 7
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Question 106326: given problems where we are given a sum and asked to "find two mixed numbers that have the given sum" some i can figure out like:
answer was 6 1/3.
6 1/3 = 19/3 x 1/2 =19/6 = 3 1/6
what i cannot figure out is this:
answer is 3/4
how do i find two mixed numbers to equal a simple fraction?
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Question 106197: it says express as a percent round to the nearest tenth if needed ok what is 3^4 this^means over

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Question 106909: how do you solve?
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Question 106962: 8x=64
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Question 98104: 1/3(s-2)=s+4

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Question 107784: There was not a section on combining like terms. I do,however know that inverse operations plays a big role in combining like terms. My question is how to you combine like terms?
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Question 96664: If f(x)= 5x+1, the what is its inverse function?
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Question 108982: There was a party and everyone shook everyone's hands. There were 66 handshakes!! How many people were at the party???????????

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Question 110861: 1. If x + a/x = b then find the value of (x^2 + bx + a)/(bx^2 - x^3)
2. If x + 1/x = 99, find the value of 100x/(3x^2 + 103x + 3)

Question from Tata Mc Graw-Hill NTSE book
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Question 110966: 3 < 5, 7 ≠ 8
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Question 111759: find the inverses of the
following function f(x)= 5_______
2x+10
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Question 112008: i am having problems with 45 divided by (-9)= x
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Question 112746: If f(x)=square root of x-1 find f-1(x)
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Question 112746: If f(x)=square root of x-1 find f-1(x)
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Question 113164: please help me solve 4/5x=5/4
i know i need to flip the 4/5x but i keep getting confused i think the answer is
1.5 if it is im just confused on the check
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Question 114204: Simplify the expression. Write the result using positive exponents only.
5^-1 + 2^-1
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Question 114266: +2 - (-9)

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Question 114569: I have been working on this problem for about an hour. I am ready to toss it out the window!
1) Let f(x) compute the time in hours to travel x miles at 58 miles per hour.
2)What does f-1(x) compute?
Thanks so much.
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Question 114917: If y is directly proportional to x and inversely proportional to the square of z, and if y=0.384 when x=6 and z=5, find the constant of variation.
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Question 116407: What is the answer to -6+5x=8x-9?
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Question 116406:
What is the answer to -6+5x=8x-9
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Question 117241: I'm having trouble figuring out the Brain Game question titled CD Sort.
Your friend has a collection of CD: 2/3 of the CD's have booklets, 1/2 of the CD's are singles, and 1/4 are singles with booklets. All but two of the CDs are eith singles or have booklets or both. How many CDs does your friend have?

Thanks for your help.
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Question 117249: There exists an equation to the line: y=-5/4x+7 that goes through the x-intercept of the line: -3x-17y=9. What is the equation in slope-intercept form?

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Question 118540: How do i find the inverse of this function? y= 3x-2
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Question 118815: whats 10(0)(-7)?????????????
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Question 119038: w/4+5=w/3+10 please help
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Question 119516: It says find an equation of the inverse relation. So those equation for y, if possible, and state whether or not the inverse relation is a function.
The problem is g(x)=1/2x-1.
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