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Question 47765: need help.
Find the mean and the median.
-2, -7/4, 3/4, 9, 4

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Question 47764: Please help solve for x and check the answer
Solve. 8x – 11 = 2x + 1
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Question 47763: Please help solve for x
6x + 4(3x – 2) = 6x + 2
check the results
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Question 47793: The problem is: -3a^2(5ab-3b+7a) I am not sure between two answers, which are:
-15a^3b+9a^2b-21a^3 or -36a^3+6a^2b
Also can you please tell me if these are correct answers:
(3x-12)(x-1)= 3x^2-15x+12
(8x+y)(8x-y)= 64x^2-y
(3x-12)^2= 9y^2-72y+144
Thank you so much for the help!!!
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Question 47808: can someone please help me with the answer to this problem:
(-10xy^3z^2)^3
thank you so much in advance!
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Question 47809: i just had this question answered but i think there is more to it, can someone please help me. the problem is (-10xy^3z^2)^3 the answer is -1000x^3y^9z^6 but my question is don't you have to remove the negative 1000 by changing the sign and flipping it? to make the answer x^3y^9z^6/1000? thanks so much in advance for answering!
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Question 47801: Can you please tell me if the answer to this question that I got is correct?
(-10xy^3z^2)^3= x^3y^9z^6/1000, just to clarify, x to the third, y to the ninth, z to the sixth over 1000 Thank you so much for the help!!!

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Question 47742: x^2+5x-xy-5y
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Question 47916: How do you factor this expression:
x^4+6x^2y^2+25y^4
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Question 47954: Can you please help me solve this equation step by step for g:
.1200=.16(1+g)/30+g
Thank you.
DRS
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Question 47992: Can someone please help me with this problem: 4a^3+4a^2-3a-3, I need to factor by grouping. I f someone can please show me how to work this problem out I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much in advance!
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Question 47994: Can someone please help me with working out this problem: 8x^2-10x+3
I can not figure it out with there being no common factor. I need to factor the problem completely. Thank you in advance!
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Question 47995: Can someone please help me with the work for this problem: 6x^2-11x-10 I need to factor it completely and I am having trouble without a common factor. Thank you so much in advance!
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Question 47997: Can someone please help me with this problem: x^2+5x-6=0 I need to factor completely and I am lost. Thank you in advance!
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Question 48013: Can someone please help me with this problem: 8a^2b-2ab thank you in advance
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Question 48018: How could you factor this expression:
(2x-y)(x+y)-3y-2
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Question 48012: Can someone please help me with solving this problem: 8a^2b-2ab I am so confused on this problem if someone could please help I would really appreciate it. thanks in advance!
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Question 48002: solve the equation
(4x+3.2)(9x-24.3)=0
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Question 48000: can someone please help me with factoring this problem: 8a^2b-2ab thank you so much in advance
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Question 48028: simplify the following algebraic expression
(4y)^7
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(4y)^3
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Question 48029: simplify the following algebraic expression
(2x^5)^3
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(-3x^4)^3
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Question 48027: simplify the following algebraic expression
36 ^1/2
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15^2
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Question 48030: simplify the following algebraic expression
7(x^4)^5
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(-4x^2)^2

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Question 48067: the degree three polynomial f(x) with real coefficients and leading coefficient 1, has -3 and + 4i among its roots. Express f(x) as a product of linear and quadratic polynomials with real coefficients.
f(x) =(x^2-8x+16)*(x+3)
i think that equation satisfies the conditions given.
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Question 48080: Can somebody please help me with figuring out how to write an complete factored form of a polynomial with the given hints?
Can I have the "coomplete factored form" and the "factored out form" so that I may atleast understand how it works?
it should have a
zero at -5 with an odd multiplicity
zero at -2 witn an even multplicity
zero at 1 with an even multiplcity
zero at 3 with an odd multiplicity
with y-intercept at 1
with an absolute exterma at -4.5
with local exterma at -.5, 2.5
What I got:
(-x-5)((x+5)^2)(x-1)^2)(x-3) I didn't put in equation format
but what I have does not match the picture they provide of what it should look like.
Can somebody help me with figuring out what constants I need to meet those the absolute and local extermas?
Thank you!
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Question 48086: how do you simplify the expression 3/8p^2q + 5/4p^2q
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Question 48133: Solve

x^2 = 12

Thank You!
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Question 48160: Need help to solve:
Urie has a board that is 98 inches long. He wants to cut the board into two pieces so that one piece is ten inches longer than the other. What should the length of each piece be?
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Question 48159: Need help in solving:
Roses garden is in the shape of a trapezoid. If the height of the trapezoid is 16m, one base is 20m, and the area is 224m squared. find the length of the other base.
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Question 48157: How to solve: A = 1/2h(Bb) Solve for "b"
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Question 48136: how do u simplify(2a to the 5th power b to the 3rd power) (7a to the 3rd power b to the 4th power)??
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Question 48183: Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself in x days . Her helper Maleissa can paint the same barn by her self in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction of the barn that they complete in one day by working together . Evaluate the expression for x=5.
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Question 48182:
perform and reduce

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Question 48184: Help I cant solve these equations word problems too:
Smith bicycled 45 miles going east from Durango and jones bicycled 70 miles. jones averaged 5 milesper hour more that smith and his trip took one/half hour longer than smiths. how fast was each one traveling?

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Question 48270: Please help me solve this binomial: Thank You!
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Question 48283: How do I factor this polynomial ....
c to the 3rd power + 125
Thanks for your help!
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Question 48414: Please im asking for some help with the following promblems. You guys have really helped me over summer.Thank you'll for your dedication to helping others.
1)What is f(3) if f(x) = -5x3 + 6x2 - x - 4?
a. -74
b. -88
c. 74
d. 182
2)What is f(x + 1) if f(x) = 6x3 - 3x2 + 4x - 9?
a. 6x3 + 12x2 + 4x + 2
b. 6x3 + 3x2 + 8x + 6
c. 6x3 + 21x2 + 20x + 4
d. 6x3 + 15x2 + 16x - 2
3)What is 3[f(x + 2)] if f(x) = x3 + 2x2 - 4?
a. x3 + 8x2 + 20x + 12
b. 3x3 + 12x2 + 18x + 6
c. 3x3 + 24x2 + 60x + 36
d. 3x3 + 18x2 + 24x + 60
4)Use synthetic division to determine which of the following is a factor of x3 - 3x2 - 10x + 24.
a. x - 2
b. x - 3
c. x + 4
d. x + 8
5)Use synthetic division to determine which of the following is a factor of 2x3 - 13x2 + 17x + 12.
a. x - 2
b. x - 3
c. x + 4
d. x + 6
6)What is the remainder when (6x3 + 9x2 - 6x + 2) ÷ (x + 2)?
a. -4
b. 0
c. 2
d. 74
7)What is the remainder when (x3 - x2 - 5x - 3) ÷ (x + 1)?
a. -8
b. 0
c. 2
d. 4
8)What are the factors of x3 + 2x2 - x - 2?
a. (x - 1)(x + 1)(x - 2)
b. (x - 2)(x + 2)(x - 1)
c. (x - 2)(x + 2)(x + 1)
d. (x - 1)(x + 1)(x + 2)
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Question 48097: if f(x)=x(x+1)(x-4), use iterval notation to give all values of x where f(x)>0
i come up with (-1,4) am i missing something ? thank you.
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Question 48026: simplify the following algebraic expression
3x^3 y^4 z^-2
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6x^-1 y^3 z^-3
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Question 48585: i need an answer to 3+4 to the 3 power minus 7x6
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Question 48600: Please can someone help me solve the following. I would really appreciate some help.
1)How many imaginary zeros does the funtion f(x) = 3x4 + 2x3 + 4x + 7 have?
a. 0
b. 2 or 0
c. 4 or 2
d. 4, 2, or 0
2)Identify the real zeros for the function f(x) = x3 - 3x2 - 53x - 9.
3)Identify the real zeros to the nearest tenth for the function f(x) = x3 - 6x - 9.
a. 3.0
b. -.6, 1.4
c. .8, 2.0
d. -1.2, .4, 3.0
4)
Identify all zeros for the function f(x) = x3 - 6x2 + 10x - 8.
a. 1, 2, 4
b. 2, 2, 4
c. 4, 1 + i,1 - i
d. 4, 2 + i, 2 - i
5)If f(x) = x2 and g(x) = x + 2, find f[g(x)]
a. x2 + 2
b. x2 + 4x + 4
c. x2 + x + 2
d. x2 - x + 2
6)If f(x) = x3 + 4 and g(x) = x + 3, find [g • f](2)
a. 15
b. 12
c. 5
d. 129
7)Find the inverse of the function f(x) = 4x + 1.
a. f -1 (x) = x - 1/4
b. f -1 (x) = 1/4x - 1
c. f -1 (x) = 4x - 1
d. f -1 (x) = 1/4x - 1/4
8)Which of the following pairs of functions are inverse functions?
a. f(x) = 3x - 9, g(x) = -3x + 9
b. f(x) = 4 - x, g(x) = 4 + x
c. f(x) = x + 5, g(x) = x - 5
d. f(x) = x, g(x) = -x
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Question 48694: How do you factor the poynomial completely
7a-7b-ac-bc

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Question 48719: 1+ 1/x=42/x^2
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