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Question 181088: If the strength of a beam is inversely proportional to the length , and a beam 5 m long can support at most 100 kg , the number of kg an 8 m long beam can support is?
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Question 181086: If x x1/y and x is 3 when y is 13, then the constant of proportionality is ?
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Question 181143: The statement "The anount of current I flowing through a circuit is inversely proportional to the amount of resistance R in the circuit" is written in symbols as?
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Question 181151: If y varies inversely as 3x +2 and y=24 when x =1 , find x when y is 15?
Help a guy out?

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Question 181149: The distance(d) is directly proportional to time (t) and d = 15 km after 2 1/2 hrs, then after 3 hrs more d is ?
OH GOODNESS PLEASE HELP

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Question 181154: If a uniform bar is to balance on a fulcrum, the ration of the larger weight to the smaller weight must equal the ratio of the smaller distance to the larger distance.
If an 8 kg weight is 7.2m from the fulcrum, how far from the fulcrum is a 9 kg weight which balances it?
HOLY TOLEDO THIS QUESTION IS RANK. PLEASE HELP

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Question 181154: If a uniform bar is to balance on a fulcrum, the ration of the larger weight to the smaller weight must equal the ratio of the smaller distance to the larger distance.
If an 8 kg weight is 7.2m from the fulcrum, how far from the fulcrum is a 9 kg weight which balances it?
HOLY TOLEDO THIS QUESTION IS RANK. PLEASE HELP

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Question 181150: If 6 men do a job in 12 days, how long would 18 men take, working at the same rate?
HEY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Question 181152: If v varies inversely as the cube of t , and V =297 when t =2, what is V when t =3?
Hey help

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Question 181208: a 3M BAR is used to lift a stone. A 90 kg person exerts all his weight to one end of the bar which is 2 1/2 m from the fulcrum and balances the stone. The weight of the stone is approximately?
PLEASE I AM ASKING FOR HELP, WHO CAN ANSWER MY PRAYER.......

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Question 181169: Can someone tell me if I am going the right way?
Determine the correct ratio of y to x.
7/3y=5/4x=15/28
5/7y=10/21x=3/2
PLEASE TELL ME IF I DID THIS RIGHT OR DO I HAVE TO REVERSE THE RATIOS.....

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Question 181207: The weight of a body at or above the earths surface varies inversely as the square of the distance from the earths center. What does a 450 kg object weigh 500 km away for the earths surface? a 450 kg object weighs 4410 Newtons at the surface of the earth. Newton is a unit of measure for weight. Use 6500 km as the radius of the earth in your calculations.
PLEASE GOD CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS QUESTION AND GOD BLESS WHO EVER DOES

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Question 181147: PLEASE GIVE ME HELP
A 12 cm diameter pulley runs at 240 rpm and runs an 8 cm diameter pulley. How fast does the 8 cm pulley rotate?

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Question 181293: a GEAR WITH 48 TEETH MAKES 5 RPM AND WEBS WITH A GEAR HAVING 20 TEETH WHICH IN TURN WEBS WITH A GEAR HAVING 16 TEETH . WHAT IS THE SPEED OF THE SMALLEST GEAR/
SOMEONE CAN YOU HELP

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Question 181323: HEY SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME......
IF THE ILLUMINATION OF A BOOK 9 M FROM A LAMP IS 150 LUMENS/M^2 FIND THE ILLUMINATION OF THE BOOK 3 M CLOSER TO THE LAMP......
MY ANSWER IS
225 LM/M^2 AM I RIGHT

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Question 181321: I REALLY NEED HELP HERE....
A 3M BAR IS USE TO LIFT A STONE. A 90 KG PERSON EXERTS ALL HIS WEIGHT TO ONE END OF THE BAR WHICH IS 2 1/2M FROM THE FULCRUM AND BALANCES THE STONE. THE WEIGHT OF THE STONE IS APPROXIMATELY.
A. 500
B. 450
C. 400
D. 45KG

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Question 181321: I REALLY NEED HELP HERE....
A 3M BAR IS USE TO LIFT A STONE. A 90 KG PERSON EXERTS ALL HIS WEIGHT TO ONE END OF THE BAR WHICH IS 2 1/2M FROM THE FULCRUM AND BALANCES THE STONE. THE WEIGHT OF THE STONE IS APPROXIMATELY.
A. 500
B. 450
C. 400
D. 45KG

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Question 181305: PLEASE HELP
A 3m bar is used to lift a stone . A 90 kg person exerts all his weight to one end of the bar which is 2 1/2 m from the fulcrum and balances the stone. The weight of the stone is approximately?
a. 500
b. 450
c. 400
d. 45 kg.

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Question 181259: A gear with 48 teeth makes 5 rpm and webs with a gear having 20 teeth which in turn webs with a gear having 16 teeth. What is the speed of the smallest gear
(I got the answer of s2= 12 rpm and s3 is 15 rpm)
MAYBE OR NOT
PLEASE HELP

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Question 181362: im now sure i need HELP PLEASE
If the illumination of a book 9m from a lamp is 150 lumens/m^2 find the illumination of the book 3m closer to the lamp...
I got 225 lm/m^2?????????????????????

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Question 182487: 14 = 2/3(9y - 15)
Please show me how to solve the problem. I am a parent trying to help my child with her pre-Algebra. There is no example in her textbook (Prentice Hall Mathematics Pre-Algebra) FLORIDA. It has been many years since I was in school and, frankly, I can't figure it out! I don't know which operation to perform first.
Thanks.
Lin Daily

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Question 182487: 14 = 2/3(9y - 15)
Please show me how to solve the problem. I am a parent trying to help my child with her pre-Algebra. There is no example in her textbook (Prentice Hall Mathematics Pre-Algebra) FLORIDA. It has been many years since I was in school and, frankly, I can't figure it out! I don't know which operation to perform first.
Thanks.
Lin Daily

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Question 182487: 14 = 2/3(9y - 15)
Please show me how to solve the problem. I am a parent trying to help my child with her pre-Algebra. There is no example in her textbook (Prentice Hall Mathematics Pre-Algebra) FLORIDA. It has been many years since I was in school and, frankly, I can't figure it out! I don't know which operation to perform first.
Thanks.
Lin Daily

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Question 182570This question is from textbook
: Last week terri worked 9.5 hours. This was 3.5 hours less than the number of hours that Brad worked. how many hours did brad work.This question is from textbook

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Question 185447This question is from textbook saxon algebra 2
: Find an equation for the inverse of y=2x^2-3. Identify the domain and range of each equation.This question is from textbook saxon algebra 2

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Question 186730: how do you use reciprocals in algebra?(x/15=20/50)

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Question 187708This question is from textbook Precalculus
: Hi,
I'm trying to find the inverse function of: f(x) = 8x^3 - 1
Not really sure how to approach this one. I've plotted points on a graph and took the inverses of those points, but I can't come up with a function to get those points.
Thanks,
Lynn
This question is from textbook Precalculus

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Question 187935This question is from textbook
: how do you make this fraction into a multiplication problem using the distributive principle 3x+15
_____
3
This question is from textbook

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Question 188206: HELP!! please! i have a test tomorrow and my teacher told us two of the problems on the test one of which is but i dont know what the top is! i hope its not needed! thank you so so much!!
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Question 188206: HELP!! please! i have a test tomorrow and my teacher told us two of the problems on the test one of which is but i dont know what the top is! i hope its not needed! thank you so so much!!
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Question 188206: HELP!! please! i have a test tomorrow and my teacher told us two of the problems on the test one of which is but i dont know what the top is! i hope its not needed! thank you so so much!!
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Question 188359: Pre-Algebra- I think..not sure. This problem is from Contemporary's Number Power Algebra 3 by Robert Mitchell
TERMS ON BOTH SIDES OF AN EQUATION:
and *** this one I tried, but kept getting the wrong answer etc..
here is the problem***

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am studying for a test in Pre-algebra/algebra, and need to attain a score of 55+ in Pre-algebra, and a score of 30+ in algebra. This test is on Saturday, (28th March), and I have been studying, religiously, but then..somewhere along the way, I become hopelessly lost, and end up with answerrs that are so-far out in left field, that I am not even sure I am in the same class etc....I should mention, that I am a returning adult...and not fresh out of High-School. My last algebra class was twenty-five+ years ago etc.....
Thank-you for your time, and any helpful suggestions..other than do not enter school would be greatly appreciated!!!! (the above joke was a lame attempt at keeping/finding humour in this stressful aspiration!!!)
Thanx~ John

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Question 189089: Give an example of an inverse variation?
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Question 189391: i cant seem to figure out how to solve:
(1/m)/(m-8/8m)
i know you have to do smae change flip and it should be
1/m * 8m/m-8

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Question 189494: Id have a question if x varies inversely as y and x=2 when y=8, and i should find x when y=17 then x=12 or does x=11?
Another question would be; if y varies directly with x and y=10 when x=15, find y when x=6, so y=1?
My last question would be; could someone explain this to me; if y varies directly as x and inversely as z^2, and y=3 when x=2 and z=4, what is the value of x when y=9 and z=4? how would i solve this?

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Question 189985: if 2 numbers are opposite of each other, are their reciprocals also opposite of each other?
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Question 190049: please help with this
if 2x=3y=6z
then what will be value of
1/x + 1/y + 1/z

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Question 191377This question is from textbook prealgebra
: I start understanding something then we switch something that I have no clue whats going on... ok here it goes

y/4+5=2 or 3/7v-2=10

i can do these problems, only if it doesn't involve a fraction! Pleas help
This question is from textbook prealgebra

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Question 191376: if two more than a number is 1 less than 4 times the reciprocal of the number. Find the number
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Question 191631: please help me multiply problem.

-5(16-9n)

thank you

Chris

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Question 191635: please help me multiply this problem.

-3xy(7x^2-8xy+9y^2)

thanks

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Question 194805: 8+(a+6)=(8+a)+6
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Question 194805: 8+(a+6)=(8+a)+6
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Question 195043: Hi, could you please help me with an algebra equation?
It is:
Find the value of x: -20-x=-12

If you can find the time to answer it, please do.
Thankyou!!!!!
Shannon

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Question 196928: What would be the reciprocal of -3 over 4?
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