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Question 122886: Twice the sum of a number and 5 is equal to three times the difference of the number and 6. Can you help me find the number?
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Question 122891: The left and right page numbers of an open book are two consecutive integers who sum in 239. Find the page numbers....please
smaller page number__________
larger page number _________
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Question 122894: A 48 inch board in to be cut into three pieces so that the second piece is twice as long as the first, and the third piece in 3 times as long as the first. If x represents the length of the first, find the lengths of all three
1st_____________
2nd________________
3rd_____________
I greatly appreciate it if you could help me
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Question 122892: The room numbers of two adjacent classrooms are two consecutive odd numbers. If their sum is 284, what are the classroom numbers?
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Question 122906: Substitute the given values into the formula, and solve for the unknown variable.
A=bh; A=60, h=12
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Question 122907:
Convert -49 degrees Fahrenheit to Celsius
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Question 123071: Find numbers a and b so that x^2+4x+9=(x+a)^2+b
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Question 123070: solve for x: 3x^2+4x-9=0
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Question 123126: What is the formula to solve this equation: Six men can build a house in 3 days. Assuming that all the workmen work at the same rate, how many men would it take to build the house in 1 day?
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Question 123131: Is there a formula to answer this question.
A man paints a house in 12 hours. He paints another in 29 hours. How many hours altoogether?
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Question 123221: Bob the bricklayer can complete a stone wall in 8 hours. Butch the bricklayer can finish the wall in 5 hours. If the two work together on the wall, how long will it take them to complete it?
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Question 123290: 3x-4y=-14
-3x+2y=-2
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Question 123297: May I have some help with the following problem?
Suppose that each point in the coordinate plane is shifted 4 units to the right and 3 units upward.
(a) What point is shifted to (1, 3)?
(b) The point (a, b) is shifted to what new point?
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Question 123381: 2a+7=5
Not sure if this is an equation or not can you tell me please.
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Question 123381: 2a+7=5
Not sure if this is an equation or not can you tell me please.
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Question 123396: 2a+7=5
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Question 123463: May I please have some help finding the area?
Draw the parallelogram with vertices A(8, 5), B(17, 5), C(12, 10), and D(21, 10) on a coordinate plane. Find the area of the rectangle
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Question 123532: what is the sum of twice a number and seven is thirty two?
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Question 123561: David has 3 more dimes than nickels. He loses 2 dimes then counts his money and finds he has $3.10. How many nickels does David have? I keep getting a fraction with this.
Thank you for your help.
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Question 123466: Can I please have some help with this problem?
Find the point that is one-fourth of the distance from the point P(-2, 2) to the point Q(6, 9).
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Question 123583: please help me to solve this:
find the two numbers whose sum is 13 and the sum of whose squares is 145
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Question 123585: please help me to solve this:
find three consecutive integers. the square of the largest one equals the sum of the squares of the other two.
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Question 123674: Find an equation of the line that passes through the points (0,0), (0,10).
I get 0 as a slope so it's undefined and I don't know what to do next.
Thanks!
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Question 123678: Please help me solve this equation:
c^2+2c-24=0
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Question 123679: Please help me solve this equation:
36b^2-25=0
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Question 123677: Please help me solve this equation
Factor:
w^2-2w-24
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Question 123676: Please help me solve this equation:
Factor the trinomial
s^2-15s+50

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Question 123676: Please help me solve this equation:
Factor the trinomial
s^2-15s+50

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Question 123697: what are equations in one variable?
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Question 123584: please help me to solve this:
If two numbers are both increase by ten there product is increase by 550. if twice the smaller number exceeds the larger by 15, find the numbers.
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Question 123769:

x+1.2=1.6=5.7
I need to show how I arrive at my answer. I am totally confused. I believe the answer is 2.9 but have to show how to get that answer!!!!
Thank You
Francine
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Question 123770: Can someone please help?
Factor 30+21c-36c^2
Thank you.
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Question 123778: x+3=15/5
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Question 123851: I need some help solving this problem. Can someone help me?
u^2+5u+7u+35
Thanks
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Question 123856: Someone please help.
6q^2+13qw+6w^2
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Question 123858: My daughter is having trouble with equations.
PLEASE help us solve this problem step by step so we can figure out the other 30 she has to do.
h-9=2h-1
Thanks,
Angie
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Question 123859: Solve by using principle of 0 products.
t(t+5)=0
Thanks
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Question 123922: For this type of excercise what is the procedure?

(3x+1)(5-10x)>0
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Question 123950: Find the x-intercepts. y = x2 – 4x + 4
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Question 123944: 13x=77+2x
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Question 123982: Hi! I have a question on the following problem.
An equation is given. Find the x- and y-intercepts.
y = x2 + 16x + 63
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Question 123988: Hi. I'm having trouble figuring out this problem here.
Find an equation of the circle that satisfies the given conditions.
Center (-3, 4); passes through (10, 4)
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Question 123949: The length of a rectangle is 4 cm more than 2 times its width. If the area of the rectangle is 74 cm^2, find the dimensions of the rectangle to the nearest thousandth.
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