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Question 104889: question 1) how many pounds of nuts selling at 6.00 lb. and raisins at 3.00 lb. should be combined to obtain 60 lbs of trail mix selling for 5.00 lb?
question 2) if a plane can travel 440 mph into the wind and 500 mph with the wind find the speed of the wind and the speed of the plane in still air?
question 3) at the beginning of a bike ride mary and sue are 30 miles apart. If they leave at the same time and ride in the same direction mary over takes sue in 6 hours. if they ride toward each other they pass each other in 1 hour. what are their speeds?
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Question 104908: mary and sue are 30 miles apart. if they leave at the same time andride in the same direction, mary overtakes sue in 6 hours. if they ride towards each other they pass each other in 1 hour. what are their speeds?
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Question 104946: HI
please help me with this
IS it possible to draw a triangle so that all three sides have positive slopes.If so do it ,if not explain why not.
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Question 104969: please help
somebody help
IS it possible to draw a quadrilateral so that all sides have positive slopes.If so do it if not explain why not.

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Question 105078: what is the equation of the line perpendicular to -8x+2y=-2 that contains point (-5,8)
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Question 105067: I was doing my assignment I got stuck on this problem.
A repair service charges a fixed fee for a house call plus a fixed hourly rate. If a 2 hour call cost $57 and a 4 1/2 hour call costs $97, what is the fixed fee for a house call.
I have:
2/57=4.5/97
194=256.5
Now what?
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Question 105045: write the equation of a circle with center (0,2) and radius square root of 6
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Question 105069: At 2 am snow started falling at a constant rate. At 10:30 am Harry began clearing his driveway at a constant rate. At 11 am when it stopped snowing the average depth of the snow on the driveway was 2 in. By 11:24 the driveway was clear. At what rate did the snow fall in in./hour.
I am really confused at this problem and don't even know where to start.
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Question 105187: hi i am struggling with this questuion .please help me immediately.thankyou
the answer of this question is 0.65 m .I dont know how to do this
Montreal hosted expo 67 an international fair to celebrate Canadas 100 birthday.
Canada has a pyramid there.The base width is about 55 m long and the hight is about 18 m. Calculate the slopes of the side.
Thankss again

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Question 105152: is this perpendicular or parallel
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Question 105224: if a line passes through (5,2) and has a slope 2/3, then what is the value of y on this line when x=8, x=11, and x=12?
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Question 105268: find three ordered pairs that are solution of the equation.
y = 4x -1
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Question 105225: line L is perpendicular to a line with a slope -5. both lines contain the origine?
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Question 105198: Hello out there,I need some help with some tough problems,the first one is,Which of the following points are solutions to:2x-3y<0 and x+y>4 (2,3),(0,1)or(1,4).The next one is,Determine whether the system has one solution,no solution,or infinitely many solutions:y=2/3x and 2x-y=-4.The third one is,State whether the system is consistent and independent,consistent and dependent,or inconsistent:x+y=4 and 2x-y=-7.And the last one is,State whether the system is consistent and independent,consistent and dependent,or inconsistent:4x+2y=8 and 2x+y=1.Thanks to whoever can help.
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Question 105310: Please Help me, I am not sure how to figure this out.
Write the equation of the line that passes through point (1, –8) with a slope of 0.
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Question 105313: Find the slope of the line (3,-7) (20,14)
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Question 105311: please pleae, please, please ,please helppppppppp me!!! some bodyyyyyyy please
PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS. i AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS QUESTION.tHANKYOU.
qUESTION:
A theatre company produced the musical cats .The company had to pay royalty fee of $1250 plus 325 per performance.THe same company also presented the musical production of fame in the same year.For the production of fame the company had to pay a royalty fee of $1400 plus $250 per performance.
Solve these
a) Write an equation that relates the total royalties and the number of performances for each musical.
b) Graph the two relationships on the same grid
c) When does the company pay the same royalty fees for the two productions.
d) Why do you think the creators of these musicals would get the royalties in the form of a partial variation instead of a direct variation.
0 solutions

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Question 105295: I have a practice sheet my teacher gave me and I can not figure out this problem. Please help.
A broker invested $25000 in two different stocks. One stock earned dividents at 3.5% and the other at 4%. If a dividend of $900 was earned on both stocks together, how much was invested in each stock.
Please help -
Thanks

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Question 105317: Graph the line with slope -1/3 passing through the point (-2,2) .
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Question 105293: X=4y+5
X=3y-2
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Question 105357: Linear Equestions are not explainable i need a couple of examples.
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Question 105367: Solve and check the equation 4n - 15 = 11n - 1
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Question 105366: Solve and check the equation 17 - 3(x-2) = -7
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Question 105363: -6m less than or equal too 24
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Question 105362: 3r+1<4r+7
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Question 105360: (r/2)-2<4
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Question 105358: I am having a hard time with sovling the following problem. I need to solve the following system by addition.
2x-y=1 and -2x+3y=5
I have done the following:
2x-y=1
-2x+3y=5
-y=1
3y=5
2y/2=-4/2
y=-2
Now I dont understand how to solve for the x. And did I solve for the y correctly?
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Question 105371: hELLO, hi
PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS. i AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS QUESTION.tHANKYOU.
any help would be appriciated.
qUESTION:
A theatre company produced the musical cats .The company had to pay royalty fee of $1250 plus 325 per performance.THe same company also presented the musical production of fame in the same year.For the production of fame the company had to pay a royalty fee of $1400 plus $250 per performance.
Solve these
a) Write an equation that relates the total royalties and the number of performances for each musical.
b) Graph the two relationships on the same grid
c) When does the company pay the same royalty fees for the two productions.
d) Why do you think the creators of these musicals would get the royalties in the form of a partial variation instead of a direct variation

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Question 105290: hELLO,
PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS. i AM STRUGGLING WITH THIS QUESTION.tHANKYOU.
qUESTION:
A theatre company produced the musical cats .The company had to pay royalty fee of $1250 plus 325 per performance.THe same company also presented the musical production of fame in the same year.For the production of fame the company had to pay a royalty fee of $1400 plus $250 per performance.
Solve these
a) Write an equation that relates the total royalties and the number of performances for each musical.
b) Graph the two relationships on the same grid
c) When does the company pay the same royalty fees for the two productions.
d) Why do you think the creators of these musicals would get the royalties in the form of a partial variation instead of a direct variation.
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Question 105269: Hi please help me with this.thankyou.
A theatre company produced the musical cats .The company had to pay royalty fee of $1250 plus 325 per performance.THe same company also presented the musical production of fame in the same year.For the production of fame the company had to pay a royalty fee of $1400 plus $250 per performance.
Solve these
a) Write an equation that relates the total royalties and the number of performances for each musical.
b) Graph the two relationships on the same grid
c) When does the company pay the same royalty fees for the two productions.
d) Why do you think the creators of these musicals would get the royalties in the form of a partial variation instead of a direct variation.
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Question 105387: Now I have this problem:
solve the system by addition.
2x-4y=7
4x+2y=9
Ok so I subtract 2x-4x and get -2x
then I do -4y+2y=-2y
Now my problem looks like this;
-2x+-2y=7+9=
-2x+-2y=16
Now what?

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Question 105354: I have been trying to figure out how to solve the system 4x + 3y = 11 3x - 2y= 4. I think the first equation is 2 but I am not sure. Please help.
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Question 105404: HI
please help me with tis problem.Thanks for any help on my way.
THe price of a loaf of bread increased from $1.45 in 2003 to $1.78 in 2006.What is the average price of increase per year?

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Question 105355: Please help. The length of a rectangle is 3 m more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 42 m, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
Thank-You
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Question 105401: Not sure how to do this Can someone help me.
Find the slope and y-intercept.

x = –7

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Question 105401: Not sure how to do this Can someone help me.
Find the slope and y-intercept.

x = –7

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Question 105399: Please Help me.
Write the equation of the line passing through (–6, –3) and (–6, 1).
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Question 105451: A chemist has a 25% and a 50% acid solution. How much of each solution should be used to form 200 mL of a 35% acid solution?

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Question 105153: is this perpendicular
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Question 105561: 1.6(3y-1)+2=5y
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Question 105580: If f(x) = -5x, then f(-3)

If g(x) = 2x - 1, then g(4)
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Question 105714: 2x+5y=10
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Question 105743: Solve the following system of equations
2x+y=1
y=1-2x
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Question 105772: I need to be able to find the intersection of the 2 lines given the following information.
Line 1: y = 1600 - 300x
Line 2: y = 1400 + 700x
I don't know how to get both y's and both x's to equal without using a graphing calculator and calculating the intersection. i would like to know how to figure this out step by step without a calculator
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