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Question 76403: how is LCD solved?

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Question 76613: I have been home tutored for the last 4-5 years, and I totally forget everything. My parents aren't such good teachers--do you know any places where the best tutors are? I really want to get up and jumping for math because I LOVE MATH!! When I was in public school, I used to get straight As for every marking period -- I was in 8th grade high when I was in 7th grade... well enough about me, please answer this .. A.S.A.P!!! =]
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Question 77004: Bob did 1/3 of his homework at school. He completed 1/4 of the remaining homework at home before dinner. what fraction remained to be completed after dnner?
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Question 77007: On a trip, are 5/9 of the way to destination after 2 1/2 hours. You are traveling at a constant speed. When will you reach your destination?

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Question 77011: Which is the greatest number of the three, 8/5, 5/3, or 20/13?
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Question 76985: 11/19 is equal to Y/15
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Question 77246: Solve for x. 2/5x = -10
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Question 77231: 10x – 1/4 = 9x + 3/8
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Question 77362: how are fractions solved?
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Question 77917: 16m^2+25. Factor completely

9a^2=3a. solve the equation
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Question 78209: The area A of a triangle with base b and height h is given by A=1/2bh. Find the area when b=28m (meters)and h=24m.
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Question 78312: I'm supposed to solve and check this fractional equation.

(x-5 over x) + (3 over x) = (2 over 3)

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Question 78652: I have a question about how you simplify fractions with variables. Here is a problem with its solution. Why is the answer not simplified into a mixed number?
3 over 10q plus 9 over 10 q equals 6 over 5 q?

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Question 78659: I can't seem to figure out what to do with this equation 5/8n = 3 3/4 How do I figure out n?
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Question 78787: what is 5 eights of 32
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Question 78787: what is 5 eights of 32
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Question 79580: Solve for x. 1/4x+1/3=1/3x-2/3. I am studying for my final and I can't seem to figure this out. I got 3 for the answer, but my answer sheet sayes 12. Thanks
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Question 79911: (64)^2/3
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Question 80274: 305+ a / 6=66
Thanks! I hope that slash line means divided by...that what I meant. Its been a long time since I've done algebra...so this is stumping me!
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Question 80646: ((x+3)/(x-2))+((x+3)/(x+6))
i tried the universal simplifier but it didnt work. please help!
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Question 80867: I need help solving these particular fractions. An example of one would be -5/8 = k/4. How would I go about solving this.
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Question 80867: I need help solving these particular fractions. An example of one would be -5/8 = k/4. How would I go about solving this.
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Question 81097: Factor completely. 18a(3) + 12a(2) + 2a
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Question 81179: "Let v= the number of pills in each cup and y= the number of pills in each bottle. Write algebraic expressions for the total number of pills shown in the following.
a. (cup) (cup) (bottle) (bottle) + (cup) (bottle)"
Thats an example, for my homework I am getting questions like this. I don't understand what to do though. Can you help?
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Question 81188: ( a + 4b) - (a + b)
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3 3
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Question 81327: 5m+8=3(m+4)
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Question 81621: PLease show in detail how to solve the following problem We are getting stuck on the fraction portion. d/4 - 8 = -5 and t/5 + 6 = -2
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Question 81625: what is 3/7 of 21?
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Question 81625: what is 3/7 of 21?
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Question 81800: -3x=4
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Question 81980: Steffi paid $700 tuitiion last year. This year the tuition will be $ 750 for the same number of credits. What is the percent increase ( rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent) from last year to this year?
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Question 81979: what is 125 increased by 5.5% ?
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Question 82487: My son had to turn in his algebra book already and I do not remember how to do these. Here is the problem:
Write each ratio as a fraction in simplest form.
45 to 15
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Question 81252: 6/100= 3/50
proportion true or false?false

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Question 82778: ADD: 7/9+5/6
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Question 82769: Change the fraction to a decimal 24/25...How do I do this?
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Question 83009: simplify the complex fraction 4+x over 10 Divided by x squared - 16 over 8

4+x/10
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x2-16/8
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Question 83128: m/5 + 8 = -7
I am tutoring a student working on his GED and need help with this problem.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Cherryl
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Question 83395: a taxi company charges R8 up front plus R3 per kilometer travelled. If the fare is R83, what distance was travelled.
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Question 83554: x+1/2 - x+2/3 = x+3/4
solve for x
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Question 84324: 1 over(x+h)^2 minus 1 over x^2 all this over h. I have the solutions manual but I don't now how they got x^2-(x+h)^2 for the numerator after mult. by LCD. What happened to the 1's in the original numerator? Thank you! Jackie
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Question 84553: Hello,
I am having a problem with figuring this problem. I have been trying to figure out how you come up with the answers and how to solve it.
Ln(12000 divided by 25000)
This is underlined and underneath is
0.075
Thanks for your help
Michelle
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Question 84555: Hi could you please help me out with this equation.
What is the Unit of measure of the result? (you need not compute the numbers)
*37 miles + 24 miles
*2 years X 365 days 24 hours
under line is here
1 year day
* 155 lb x 1kg 15 2ml
this is underlined
2.2 lb X 1kg X 500 mg
Hope this is acceptable but it is all in one question I have been trying to figure out and get help on.
Thanks for your time in advance
Michelle

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