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Question 98937: A farmer bought 100 animals. He spent $100. Calves are $10, pigs are $3 and chickens are $.50. The farmer cannot remember what he bought and has lost his receipt. With this information, what did he buy?

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Question 99814: 19x+59+8x=5
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Question 99821: (-9) and -1 as the exponent =
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Question 99819: solve for x
x with 2 as the exponenet - 2x - 3 = 0
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Question 99862: 2x=4+9
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Question 99866: a student has test scoresof 80, 82, 94, 71. what score does the student need on the next test to produce an average score of 85?
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Question 99866: a student has test scoresof 80, 82, 94, 71. what score does the student need on the next test to produce an average score of 85?
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Question 99898: an invested adviser invested $14000 in two accounts. one investment earned 8% annual simple interest, and the other investment earned 6.5% annual simple interest. the amount of interest earned for 1 year was $1024. how much was invested in each account?
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Question 99909: a plane leaves an airport traveling at an average speed of 240 kilometres per hour. how long will it take a second plane traveling the same route at an average speed of 600 kilometers per hour to catch up with the first plane if it leaves 3 hours later?
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Question 99924: a ballet perfrmance brought in $61800 on he sale of 3000 tickets. if the tickets sold for $14 and $25 how many of each were sold?
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Question 99931: a coffee shop decides to blend a coffee that sells for$12 per pound with a coffee that sells for $9 per pound to produce a blend that will sell for $10 per pound. how much of each should be used to yield 20 pounds of the new blend?
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Question 99969: Can you check my answer? I am solving for x.
x+4 = 3x
___ = ____
-4 = 36
Answer: x=6
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Question 99969: Can you check my answer? I am solving for x.
x+4 = 3x
___ = ____
-4 = 36
Answer: x=6
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Question 99969: Can you check my answer? I am solving for x.
x+4 = 3x
___ = ____
-4 = 36
Answer: x=6
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Question 99884: an investment adviser invested $14000 in two accounts. one investment earned 8% annual simple interest, an the other investment earned 6.5% annual simple interest. the amount of interest earned for 1 year was $1024. how much was investedin each account?
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Question 99828: You are traveling from New Albany to Indianapolis. On the map you measure the distance to be 4 1/2 inches. If the scale of the map is 1 inch: 25 miles, how far will you travel?
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Question 99829: If it takes 7 cups of flour to make 4 loaves of bread, how many loaves of bread can you make with 35 cups of flour?
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Question 99867: plane leaves an airport traveling at an average speed of 240 kilometers per hour. how long will it take a second plane traveling the same route at an average speed of 600 kilometers per hourto catch up with the first plane if it leaves 3 hours later?
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Question 99831: Mrs. Tate brought 5 1/2 pounds of candy to divied amoung her 22 students. If the candy was divieded equally how much did each students portion weigh?
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Question 100041: 4x + 2y =60 solve for x
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Question 100102: -c+2=5
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Question 100101: -c+2=5
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Question 100100: -c+2=5
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Question 100095: 11.6+3a=-16.9
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Question 100113: 6(-.5)- 4(-.75)
_________________
-.5(-.75)
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Question 100094: 11.6+3a=-16.9
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Question 100141: 4x+11=31
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Question 100143: 4=14=5q
-3s-5=-20

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Question 100182: Solve for n
7n+2[3(1-n)-2(1+n)]=14
I ggot the answer as 10, but when my mom checks it she cannot make it work.
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Question 100088: number of pages of a book the printer used 2,989 digits. how many pages does the book have?
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Question 100220: a rectangular shaped parking lot is to have a perimeter of 524 yards. if the width must be 58 yards becuase of a building code, what will the length need to be?
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Question 100245: you fill your car's gas tank when it is about 1/2 empty. The next week, you fill the tank a second time when it is about 3/4 empty. If you buy a total of 18 1/2 gallons of gas on these two days, about how many gallons does the tank hold?
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Question 100262: 4k-3=3k+4
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Question 100222: I need your help evaluating the expression: 4 2 17 1
--- - --- = --- If X = --
X X 5 5

Is 1/5 a solution?
Please show me how to work this.
four over x minus two over x equals 17 over 5 If x equals one-fifth.

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Question 100195: a/4+6=-3
-12m-4+2m=-12
3(r-6)/1=4(r+2)-21
m/-4=4
11-2(c+1)=2(c+2)+3c
3h-10=-21
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Question 100292: What is the slope of y=-3/5x-1
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Question 100292: What is the slope of y=-3/5x-1
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Question 100291: What is the intercepts of -x+y=5
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Question 100266: A sewage treatment plant has two inlet pipes to its settling pond. One can fill the pond in 10 hr, the other in 12 hr. If the first pipe is open for 5 hr and then the second pipe is opened, how long will it take to fill the pond?
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Question 100308: In Ajax Corporation, the first shift produced 4 1/2 times as many lightbulbs as the second shift. If the number of lightbulbs was 55,000 how many lightbulbs were produced on each shift?
Solve the unknown

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Question 100305: Jim Murray and Phyllis Lowe received a total of $250,000 from a deceased relative's estate. They decided to put away $50,000 for their child and divide the remainder into 3/4 for Phyllis and 1/4 for Jim. How much will Phyllis and Jim receive?
Solve the unknown
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Question 100304: Twice a number is 220 less than six times the number. What is the number?
The Coastline of California is 46 miles longet than twice the leght of louisiana's coastline. It is also 443 miles longer than Louisiana's coastline. Find the lengths of the coastlines of california and louisiana.
An empty bucket is put under two faucets. If one faucet is turned on alone the bucket fills in 6 minutes. If the other faucet is turned on alone, the bucket fills in 4 minutes. If both are turned on, how many seconds will it take to fill the bucket
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Question 100347: What is y+3y+8y+2 and I got to show my work.
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