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Question 425268: How many years will it take for $8,000 to reach $10,000 at a simple interest rate of 2%?

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Question 425351: how to solve for x in 5+x=18+4/5x
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Question 425200: Y/2-5y/6+1/3=1/2...Can you tell me how to solve this problem
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Question 425383: a family consists of 4 children, a set of triplets and jogn who is 6 years younger.t he combined age of all the children is 54. find johns age/
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Question 425408: write y= 0.58x+44 in standard form
&
find the equation of a line passing through (3,-3) & (5,7)
im studying for an upcoming test && i cant figure these out
please help
thanks
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Question 425524: solve using the principle of zero products
(5s+3) (2s-6)=0
s=?
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Question 425526: solve
t^2-8t=0
the solution (s) is/are t=??
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Question 425546: Can you please help me with this question?
nine times a number minus three is equal to five times that same number added to seven. What is the value of the number?
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Question 425644: how do i solve this question?
x/5-4=-6
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Question 425784: I need to know how to do this question. It is in fraction form though
3(x+5)= 3
7(x-2)= 5
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Question 425829: can you help me with solve x; 3(x+2)+(5x-3)=-25

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Question 425771: 1/5+1/7=?
1/6+1/8=?
16/9 is equal to?

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Question 425925: I am having trouble with the following question, please help.
solve for x
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Question 426006: a man left home driving at 40 miles per hour.when his car broke down, he walked home at a rate of 5 miles per hour;the entire trip (driving and walking) took him 2 1/4 hours. how far from his house did his car break down.
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Question 426000: an accountant catches a train that travels at 50 miles per hour,whereas his boss leaves 1 hour later in a car traveling at 60 miles per hour.they had decided to meet at the train station in the next town and, strangely enough, they get there at exactly the same time! If the train and car traveled in a straight line on parallel paths, how far is it from one town to the other?
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Question 426029: The current I in an electrical conductor varies inversely as the resistence R of the conductor. The current is 2 amperes when the resistance is 501 ohms. What is the current when the resistance is 844 ohms? round to the nearest tenth if necessary.
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Question 426098: one number is 7 less than another.the sum of the numbers is 35. find the numbers
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Question 426100: Im trying to help my daughter with her hmwrk on algebra...im having a hard time with it its been a long time . can u help refresh my memory....y=x=2
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Question 426163: 2.3a+8.6=-5.2

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Question 426211: factor.
16a^6-2t^6
the correct factorization is
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Question 426264: Hello, I'm stuck on this question of my homework:
Two vertical poles 8m and 3m high stand 12 m apart. Determine the distance between the tops of the poles.
We are supposed to use the formula: a²+b²=c² and maybe some other formulas.
We are learning about right angle triangles.
I hope this makes sense, Thanks.

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Question 426385: Write an equation that could be used to find two consecutive even integers whose product is 24. Let x represent the first integer. Solve the equation and give the two integers.
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Question 426437: Solve the equation.
A = pi r^2 for r. Find the radius r of the drum. Round to the nearest tenth.
A = 153.9"^2

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Question 426437: Solve the equation.
A = pi r^2 for r. Find the radius r of the drum. Round to the nearest tenth.
A = 153.9"^2

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Question 426458: what is the first step in solving the equation x + 78 = 135
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Question 426434: Oatmeal often comes in a container shaped like a cylinder. Suppose the volume V of an oatmeal container is 4,618.1 cubic centimeters. Solve the equation
V = pi r^2 h for h. Then find the height h of the container if the radius is 7 centimeters. Round to the nearest tenth.

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Question 426566: can you solve this for me? 0.96+0.20x=0.16(x+12)
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Question 426566: can you solve this for me? 0.96+0.20x=0.16(x+12)
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Question 426645: Find the center and the radius of the circle
show your work
x^2+y^2-18x+4y+4=0
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Question 426850: Please help me because I am really struggling with this concept! Thank you!
4/5y + y-2/y = -1/5
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Question 426970: 2-3(x-5)=3+(x+1)
need help to solve
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Question 426983: renee read 200 page book in 10 hrs how long will it take her to read a 320 page book at the same rate?
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Question 426846: On a map, the length of a nature center trail is 9.7 centimeters. If the scale is 1 centimeter to 49 kilometers, what is the actual length of the trail? round to nearest tenth.
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Question 426996: L=m/9-3n solve for m
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Question 427061: Solve the following system of equations using substitution.
2x+4y=12
4x+16y=8
I substituted 2x+4y for x in the second equation and I ended up with 8x+32y=8. I've tried so many of these problems and I just can't understand them.
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Question 427172: I am having trouble comming up with an an equation to solve the following problem. Please help.
In a certain number of hours a man traveled 36 Km. If he had travelled 1.5 Km/h faster, it would have taken 3 hours less to make the journey How many kiometers did he travel per hour.
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Question 427306: evaluate n^3when n=5
n^3=
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Question 427307: convert to decimal notation
10^-5=
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Question 427330: c=5/9(f-32)for f (fahrenheit to celsius)
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Question 427327: solve each formula for the specified variable: perimeter of triangle
P=a+b+c for b for c
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Question 427417: Solve by the elimination method
5r - 8s = -3
8r + 5s = 102
I came up with (9,6) r being 9 and s being 6. Is that correct?

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Question 427524: solve the following equation for m
p=6n-5m/14
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