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Question 31137: Could we declare that 0+0, 0-0, 0x0, and 0/0 all equal 0? Explain
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Question 31559This question is from textbook Introductory Algebra

: Two complementary angles differ by 14. Find the angles.This question is from textbook Introductory Algebra

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Question 31642: When a bathtub faucet is turned on (and the drain is shut), it can fill a tub in 6 minutes; when the drain is open, a full bathtub can empty in 11 minutes. How long would it take for the bathtub to fill if the water were turned on with the drain left open?
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Question 31641: Alan and Jim were asked by their boss to work on a project. Since Jim had to visit a company's factory outside of the state, Alan started the project alone. After 10 days Jim came back and they worked for 5 days to finish the project. If Alan could have finished the project in 23 days when Alan worked alone from the beginning to the end, how long would it take if Jim had to work alone from the bedid to the end to finish the project? Your answer is supposed to be d days and h hours where d is a positive integer and h is a positive integer or 0.
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Question 31640: A painter can paint a wall in 1 hours and 10 minutes, whereas his assistant can do the same size wall in 2 hours and 30 minutes. Find their work rate of the job per hour when they work together. Your answer is supposed to be a fraction.
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Question 32135: Can you help clearify this for me?
When solving a linear equation in one variable, the objective is to isolate the variable on one side of the equation. What does that mean? Would you please give me an an example?
Thank you very much.
Denise
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Question 32191This question is from textbook Elementray and Intermediate Algebra
: Suppose that a certain radioactive substance has a half-life of 50 years. If there are presently 7500 grams of the substance, how much will remain after 32 years? Express your answer to the nearest gram.
Please help me solve this equation.This question is from textbook Elementray and Intermediate Algebra

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Question 32222: The sum of the reciprocal of a number and the reciprocal of 6 less than the number is 7 times the reciprical of the original number. Find the original number?
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Question 32830: I'm not sure what type of problem this is :( Please someone help me.
The ratio of two #'s is 8 to 5. Also, 3 times the larger # is 3 less that 5 times the smaller #. What are the #'s?

Thanks.
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Question 33015: For some reason I can not set up these kind of word problems:
According to data from the US dept of defense and congressional research service, the estimated annual cost y (in thousands of dollars) per active duty service member in the us armed forces in year x is given by the equation:
6000x-2000y+136000=0 (4< x < 18)
where x=4 corresponds to 1994. find the year in which the estimated annual cost per service member is (a) $92,000 (b) 110,000
-i have tried setting up the equation by substituting 4 for x and then entering both equations in my TI 83. I believe it's an intersection answer between two equations, however, i am not getting anywhere and i have attemped four other similar questions hoping i something would click. There are also no examples in the text i am using to assist. Thank you for any help you may provide.
erin mcavoy
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Question 33109: Steve has 36 coins consisting of dimes and nickels. If the value of the coins is $3.10, then how many dimes does he have?
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Question 33144: The sum of 2 numbers is 24. Seven times the smaller number is the same as 5 times the larger number. Find the smaller number.
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Question 33142: A company makes unicycles,bicycles and tricycles. Last week they made 88 more bicycles than unicycles, and 5 times as many tricycles as unicycles. If they made 40 more bicycles than tricycles, how many unicycles did they make?
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Question 33169: Jerry deposited $160 at the bank in one-dollar and five-dollars bills.He deposited three times as many one-dollar bills as five-dollars bills did Jerry deposit at the bank?
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Question 33168: Jack collects baseball and football cards.He has 125 cards rotal.The number of baseball cards he has is five more than three times the number of football cards.How many baseball and football cards does he have?
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Question 33167: Two numbers have a difference of 47.One number is three more than five times the other.Write a system of equations that could be used to find the two numbers.It says write a system of equations to represent each situation.
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Question 33143: An orange has 20 fewer calories than a banana. If 7 bananas have the same number of calories as 9 oranges, how many calories are in a banana?
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Question 33226This question is from textbook beginning algebra

: Science and medicine. Celsius temperature readings can be converted to
Fahrenheit readings using the formula f= 9/5c+32 . What is the Fahrenheit
temperature that corresponds to each of the following Celsius temperatures:
-10,0, 15, 100?This question is from textbook beginning algebra

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Question 33265: the width of a rectangle is 5 inches less than its length, and the area is 150 square inches. what is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 33268: the length and the width of a rectangle are consecutive odd integers. the area of the rectangle is 63 square units. how long is the side of the rectangle.
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Question 33269: two positive integers have a product of 50. one integer is twice the other. what is the smaller number?
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Question 33274: the length of a rectangle plus its width is 30 cm. the area is 221 square cm. how long is the longest side of the rectangle?
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Question 33266: two positive integers have a sum of 20 and a product of 91. what is the smaller number?
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Question 33272: the width of a rectangle is half as long as the length. the recrangle has an area of 32 square feet. what is the width?
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Question 33270: the length of a rectangle exceeds it's width by 8 inches, and the area is 20 square inches. what is the length of the rectangle?
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Question 33271: the length and the width of a rectangle are consecutive even integers. the area of the rectangle is 48 square units. how long is the longest side of the rectangle?
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Question 33273: a positive integer is 8 more than another integer. the product of the two integers is -15. what is the larger of the numbers?
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Question 33356: I really need help on this problem. Its very confusing to me.
The equation that expressed Celsius temperature C in terms of Fehrenheit temperature F is linear. Water freezes at 32 degreesF or 0 degreesC and boils at 212 degreesF or 100 degreesC. Find the linear equation of C in terms of F. Please show me a complete solution so I know how to do this for future reference. Thank You!!!!
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Question 32725This question is from textbook
: how do you pull the info out of the problem?This question is from textbook

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Question 33653: The cost for a long-distance telephone call is $0.36 for the
first minute and $0.21 for each additional minute or portion thereof. Write an
inequality representing the number of minutes a person could talk without
exceeding $3.
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Question 33772: Floyd has 16 coins in pennies, nickels, and dimes. The number of dimes is equal to the sum of the number of pennies and number of nickels. If the total value of the coins is $1.08, how many of each kind does he have?
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Question 33909: I am having a bit of trouble with this one. Please help!
Alan needs 250 ml of a solution that is 45% alcohol. If he has a solution that is 50% alcohol and purified water (which is 0% alcohol, how much water should he use?
I have tried everything I think the 0% is really throwing me off.
If you can help that would be so great...
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Question 33976: A cashier at Apex Parts received a check for $2380 for 59 parts. The parts cost $20 and $50 but the number wanted of each wasn't given. How many of each can be bought with that amount?
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Question 33972: A company's profit for the first half of the year is $2,750,000 greater than the profit for the second half. If the total annual profit is $3,635,000, find the profit for the first half year and the second half-year.
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Question 33974: 90% acid is to be added to a 15% solution to get 18 liters of a 25% solution. What amounts of each should be used?
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Question 33973: John and Jim needed to meet to discuss changes in a construction project. They were 880 miles apart. If they met after 8 hours and both went the same speed, how fast did each go?
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Question 34128: Two jets leave the same airfield at the same time, traveling in opposite directions. One jet travels 80 miles faster than the other. In 8 hours the planes are 7200 miles apart. What is the speed of each plane?
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Question 34129: A truck leaves a town traveling at 50 miles per hour. Two hours later a car leaves, traveling along the same road at 55mph. In how many hours will the car catch the truck?
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Question 34126: A total of $15,000 is deposited into two simple interest accounts. The annual interest rate in one account is 14% and annual interest rate in the second account is 10%. How much must be invested into each account to earn $1740 in interest?
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