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Question 70584This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: When Julia works overtime, she is paid 1 1/2 times as much per hour as she normally is. After working her usual 40 hours last week, she worked an additional 8 hours overtime. If she made $520 last week, find her normal hourly wage. This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 70584This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: When Julia works overtime, she is paid 1 1/2 times as much per hour as she normally is. After working her usual 40 hours last week, she worked an additional 8 hours overtime. If she made $520 last week, find her normal hourly wage. This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 70622: For the following set, which number has the largest absolute value? Show work
4,-1,12,-20,19,0
A) 0
B) 19
C) -20
D) -1

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Question 70946: 3+|1-(x/2)|>=5
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Question 71231: I am have a very hard time figuring out problems in my math class and had about 5 people try to help me. I am fine in math tell i get to a question like this:-5(3x-2y)-(x+6Y). Can some one out there explain this to me like I am a total dumb person or a little baby because that is what it is going to take. It say combane like terms.

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Question 71703This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra
: 4-3|x-2|=-8
Thank you for your help.
Tammi
This question is from textbook Intermediate Algebra

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Question 71730: |x-5|=|2x-1|
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Question 72165: what is the absolute value of [ 2x-8] = 0
(the brakets are the absolute value symbols)

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Question 72246: add fraction or integers together
16 - 3 . 7 + 5

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Question 72371: Suppose you're given the formula R = s + 2t. If you know that s is three times greater than t, how could you rewrite the formula?
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Question 72369: If the two intergers are diffrent , how do you multiply it ? im confused .
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Question 72514: Find the mean.
–9, –7, 3, 5, 6, 20

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Question 72536This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Algebra
: i am confused on how to get the answers...do they have more than one answer each?This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Algebra

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Question 72721This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: Yellow paint and blue paint must be mixed in the ratio 2:3 to produce the desired shade of green paint. How much of each color should be used to produce 4 L of green paint?This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 72719This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: Express the ratio 750 cm:3 m in simplest form.This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 72731: give the y values for x=-2,-1,0,1,2,3 for the function y=1/x-1
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Question 72731: give the y values for x=-2,-1,0,1,2,3 for the function y=1/x-1
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Question 72722This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: Solve the problem 20/3n+1 - 4/3n-1 = 3/2.This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 72834This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: Express 0.00000024 in scientific notation.This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 72834This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: Express 0.00000024 in scientific notation.This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 72832This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: How many grams of gold alloy that costs $4 per gram must be mixed with thirty grams of a gold alloy that costs $7 per gram to make an alloy that costs $5 per gram?This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 72828This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method
: Solve the problem 3/2x+1 = 7/6x-3.This question is from textbook Algebra:Structure and Method

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Question 73337: Please help me use 'factor by grouping' to solve this: 3x^2 - 6xy + 2x - 4y. I believe it is: 5x^3 -6xy+2x - 4y. 3x^2 + 2x = 5x^3. I missed class due to an illness so I missed class the day we started on this chapter.
Thank you.
Chris

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Question 73746: HOw can you simplify this problem? The m-2 is inside absolute value lines.
-3 /m-2/ =2

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Question 73747: How do you solve and graph:
/c-4/ > 1
The c-4 is in absolute value lines.
Thank you!

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Question 73747: How do you solve and graph:
/c-4/ > 1
The c-4 is in absolute value lines.
Thank you!

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Question 74087This question is from textbook
: This question is from textbook

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Question 75774This question is from textbook algebra I
:
Solve the open sentence and graph the solution set.
|z-2|≤5
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Question 75779This question is from textbook algebra I
:
Solve the open sentence and graph the solution set.
|6-(3d-5)|≤14
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Question 75757: If x = -2, y = 3, and z = -4, evaluate the following.

xy/x+y

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Question 75786This question is from textbook algebra I
:
Solve the open sentence and graph the solution set.
|6r+8|<-4
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Question 75787This question is from textbook algebra I
:
Solve the open sentence and graph the solution set.
|8-(w-1)|≤9
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Question 75856This question is from textbook Algebra I
: Solve the open sentence and name and graph the solution set. Please and thank you, to I can have a clear understanding of what I am doing.
|x-5|=8

This question is from textbook Algebra I

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Question 75867This question is from textbook Algebra I
: Solve the open sentence and name and graph the solution set. Please and thank you, to I can have a clear understanding of what I am doing.
|6r+8|<-4
This question is from textbook Algebra I

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Question 76660: | 3x + 2 | = 4
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Question 76999: Business and finance. There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a
section of forest bought by Sawz Logging Co. The company paid an average of
$300 for each Douglas fir and $225 for each ponderosa pine. If the company paid
$217,500 for the trees, how many of each kind did the company buy?

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Question 77233: The sum of a number and -16 is 3. Find the number.
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Question 77233: The sum of a number and -16 is 3. Find the number.
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Question 77230: Why is it that Pythagorean Theorem is so complicated?
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Question 77563This question is from textbook Algebra I
: solve open sentence with cases one and 2
|14-2z|=16

This question is from textbook Algebra I

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Question 77648: I AM JUST RE-LEARNING TO DO FRACTIONS,INTEGERS,AND NOW WORKING ON ALGEBRA BUT I DONT UNDERSTAND THE FIRST THING CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH HOW AND WHAT I NEED TO START WITH?
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Question 78018: Graph the function and state the domain and range.

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Question 78201This question is from textbook
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is this statement true or false and please explain why
3<-4
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Question 78191This question is from textbook
:
is this statement true or false
3<-4
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Question 78200This question is from textbook
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is this statement true or false and please explain why
-2<3
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