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Question 317474: (u^2)^-4
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Question 317544: Rewrite without parenthesis and simplify. (7t-6)^2
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Question 317632: an airplane travels 2277km against the wind in 3 hours and 2667km with the wind in the same amount of time. what is the rate of the plane in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 317837: The sum of two numbers is 32 . One number is 3 times as large as the other. What are the numbers?
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Question 317832: In a family there are two cars. The sum of the average miles per gallon obtained by the two cars in a particular week is 35 . The first car has consumed 30 gallons during that week, and the second has consumed 40 gallons, for a total of 1200 miles driven by the two cars combined. What was the average gas mileage obtained by each of the two cars in that week?
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Question 317849: Solve using the Addition/Elimination Method
6x + 8y = 18
-3 -4y = -9
The answer I got was 0=0 always true. I'm needing a second opinion.
Thank you! It's greatly appreciated.
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Question 317840: A motorboat takes 4 hours to travel 192 miles going upstream. The return trip takes 2 hours going downstream. What is the rate of the boat in still water and what is the rate of the current?
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Question 317833: A cyclist travels 54 miles in 6 hours going against the wind and 52 miles in 4 hours with the wind. What is the rate of the cyclist in still air and what is the rate of the wind?
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Question 317854: Solve the system:
3c-d=1
3d+c=1
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Question 317964: Two rainstorms occurred in one week in a certain area. In the first storm 30mL of rain fell per hour, and in the second storm 20mL of rain fell per hour. Rain fell that week for a total of 55 hours for a total rainfall of 1250mL . How long was each storm?

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Question 318004: I am stuck on this stinking problem, I am unsure how they get 28 for the answer after adding the sum and multiplying by 10% Can anyone please help me out...
The original question is this
soybean meal is 14% protien, cornmeal is 7% protien, how many pounds of each should be mixed together in order to get 280 lb mixture that is 10 % protien?
Let x= cornmeal and y= soy bean meal....

0.07x+0.14y=28
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Question 318561: how can i do to determinea ordered pair as solution of a system
ex:
x+2y^2=16
5x+6y=28

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Question 318487: Solve this system of equations using substitution. Put your answer in ordered pair form, (x, y).
x + 2y = 8
2x + y = 7
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Question 318576: how evaluate the determinant of the matrix making the equation true for:
[w -5x]
[-9x z]=
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Question 318580: how evaluate the determinant of the matrix below to determine which of the following makes the equation true
ex:
|w -5x|
|-9y z|
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Question 318583: solve:
1/x-4/y-3/z=19
5/x+3/y-4/z=-7
3/x+1/y+3/z=-18

the second one is : write the partial fraction decomposition of an improper rational expression
ex:
x^2+8x/x^2+x-5
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Question 318476: 3x - y = 4
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Question 318528: Will somebody please help me solve these problems?
1. 64u^6-64U^5-20u^4

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Question 318699: 6x(-5y) + (-3x)(-4y)
Simplify and solve.
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Question 318704: determine whether x=3and y= -2 is a solution of 4x -2y =16
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Question 318917: Give an ordered pair (u,v) of numbers that satisfy the following equation.
u+5v=9

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Question 318916: The sum of two numbers is 43 and the difference is 11 . What are the numbers?
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Question 318922: Write equations for the horizontal and vertical lines passing through the point (-2,3)
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Question 318918: The length of a rectangle is 4m longer than its width.
If the perimeter of the rectangle is 44m , find its area
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Question 319362: As you know my brother Jim is an avid fisherman. He varies the depth at which he fishes according to the following function: D(t) = -t2 + 10t where t is measured in hours. Estimate the time when he fishes at the greatest depth and tell me that depth.
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Question 319866: Here we go with elimination method again, I just do not understand it at all
4x+5y=4
8x+10y=8
Thank you so much!
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Question 320456: X+3Y=6
My thought is the first set is going to be (0,2) and the next is going to be (6,0)

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Question 320569: After solving a system of linear equations, how can you check your answer to determine whether it is correct?
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Question 322163: solve each system of equations 2x+3y=5 3x+4y=8
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Question 322249: please help me solve this equation
3+(4-2)*3
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Question 322385: Graph the two equations to solve the system. Write the ordered pair solution, OR write no solution or infinitely many solutions.
x=3
y=4
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Question 322947: If 5a-b=9 and 3a+b=15, then a=b=?
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Question 323237: Mike wants to rent a car for his vacation. The rental costs $130 a week plus $0.20 a mile. How far to the nearest mile can Mike travel if he wants to spend $325 at most?

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Question 323795: What are the pros and cons in using the systems of equations for, graphing, substitution and elimination? What circumstances would be a cause to use a different method?
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Question 323821: 1.) y = 6x^2 - 5x
y = 2x + 3
2.) y = x^2 - 3x -3
y = -x^2 + 5x + 7
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Question 323820: The perimeter of a rectangle is 20 inches and its area is 24 square inches. What are its dimensions?
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Question 323908: Write the equation of the line containing the points (- 4, 1) and (5,2)
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Question 323997: Solve the system of equations.
2x-7y=3
-33=-7x+2y

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Question 323998: Solve the system of equations.
x+y–z+4=0
2x–3y–z=5
x+2y+2z=3
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Question 323999: Find the standard form of the equation of the line passing through (5, - ⅔)
and perpendicular to the graph of x = 3y.

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Question 324000: Given the center: (3, -5) and r = 3
What is the center-radius form of the equation?
What is the general form of the equation?

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Question 325115: Solve the equations
2x-5=y
2y=6x-9
Not really sure how to set it up to even start to solve it.
Please help and Thak you in advance.
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Question 325115: Solve the equations
2x-5=y
2y=6x-9
Not really sure how to set it up to even start to solve it.
Please help and Thak you in advance.
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Question 325225: Solve the following system of equations:
x-y+2z+t=3
3x-2y-z-t=4
2x+y+2z-t=10
x+2y+z-3t=8
I need to solve for x, y, z, and t
I am unable to isolate a variable by itself to solve for any of them

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