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Question 334784: 20x=400 x=?
can u explain this

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Question 334780: can you help me with this problem with a step by step of the eqaution 5x-4/5x+4=2/3
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Question 334780: can you help me with this problem with a step by step of the eqaution 5x-4/5x+4=2/3
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Question 334761: Find the Least Common Denominator of the following:
2x/7x^2+8x+1 and 1/5x^2-4x-1
I am trying to help my cousin and can't remember how to solve these. Thank you!

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Question 334835: Find all the roots of the following polynomial in the complex number system.
f(x)=x^3-8x^2+36x-80

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Question 334882: (4x-5)/(2-x) = -(9/2)
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Question 334809: 2x^2+9x+4=0
I could really use some help with this problem.

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Question 334906: Here's my question: What's the answer to this equation?
13/8x+3/2+x=-123/16

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Question 334931: 4x^3 is greater or less than 16x
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Question 334936: Solve x2 - 4x - k = 0.
a) For what values of k the equation has only one solution?
b) For what values of k are the solutions real?
c) For what values of k are the solutions imaginary?

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Question 334995: How do i work out 16x2-8x+1=0 and also 2x2=4x+1
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Question 334995: How do i work out 16x2-8x+1=0 and also 2x2=4x+1
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Question 335131: Can you explain and do the steps to solve this equation: +x%5E2=6x%2B27+
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Question 335140: I just cant solve this equation.... 25x^2+16=40x
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Question 335168: √x^4+ 6x^2 + 9
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Question 335091: ( ((((a)^2)^2)*4a^4) / ((3/2a))^8 ) + (-sqrt(-1))
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Question 335216: (square root of x +1) to the power of 2
Only x is squared not the plus one. And I need help simplifying it.

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Question 333948: a quadratic function has an equation that is distinguished by having a highest power of what on "x", the independent variable
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Question 335279: Determine the value of y in the following equation: y = sec (3) (0)
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Question 335324: Determine the nature of the solutions of the equation. x^2+6=0
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Question 335323: Determine the nature of the solution of the eqation. 7t^2-8t=0
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Question 335436: Snookers lumber can convert logs into either lumber or plywood. In a given day, the mill turns out twice as many units of plywood as lumber. It makes a profit of $20 on a unit of lumber and $50 on a unit of plywood. How many of each unit must be produced and sold in order to make a profit of 412, 360?
Please help, I am so lost!

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Question 335403: solve by factoring
x^2-13=0

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Question 335604: Determine the equation of the axis of symmetry.
y = -5x2 - x + 9
what is the answer to this ? ive tried multiple times and im almost out of timeeeee ?

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Question 335604: Determine the equation of the axis of symmetry.
y = -5x2 - x + 9
what is the answer to this ? ive tried multiple times and im almost out of timeeeee ?

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Question 335359: sloving quadratic equation x^2-5x+6=0
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Question 335690: I am looking at an example of a quadratic equation x^2 - 4x - 7 =0
using the quadratic formula I come up with 4 (+or-)(-4^2-4(1)(-7))/2 the instructor simplified this to x = 4(+or-)2(11^1/2) I don't see where the number 11 came from or how the 2 was pulled out of the square can someone explain. I will have a similar question to this according to the teacher in a quiz next week and I need to understand this. Thank-you.

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Question 335690: I am looking at an example of a quadratic equation x^2 - 4x - 7 =0
using the quadratic formula I come up with 4 (+or-)(-4^2-4(1)(-7))/2 the instructor simplified this to x = 4(+or-)2(11^1/2) I don't see where the number 11 came from or how the 2 was pulled out of the square can someone explain. I will have a similar question to this according to the teacher in a quiz next week and I need to understand this. Thank-you.

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Question 335708: 〖(x-5)〗^2=16
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Question 335716: Determine the nature of the solution of the equation. x^2+6=0
A) 2 real solutions
B) 2 imaginary solutions
C) 1 real solution

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Question 334932: 4(x-2)^2=9
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Question 335714: Determine the nature of the solution of the equation. 7t^2-8t=0
A) 2 real solutions
B) 2 imaginary solutions
C) 1 real solution

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Question 335768: solve
2t%28t%2B2%29=1
I could use some help with this problem please.
Thank you...

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Question 335769: solve
25y%5E2%2B16=0

please help...
Thank you...

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Question 335770: I am having trouble understanding this question could someone please help me?
QUESTION: Is it possible for the graph of a quadratic function to have only one x-intercept, if the vertex is off the x-axis? Why or why not?
thank you

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Question 335742: y2 + 3y – 18
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Question 335746: 3/2x+1/4(x-2)=10
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Question 335761: 5x(x − 1) −7 = 4x(x − 2)
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Question 335717: The number of tickets sold each day for an up coming performance of Handel's Messiah is given by N(x)=-0.4x^2+8.8x+12, where x is the number of days since the concert was 1st announced. When will the daily tickets sales peak and how many tickets will be sold that day?
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Question 335917: How do I find the vertex and y-intercept of
y = x² + 8x + 11,
and how do I write it in standard form?

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Question 335940: solve by applying the quadratic formula; all radicals should be simplified as far as possible. show your work.

9x%5E2%2B4x-5=0
I could use some help with this problem please.

Thank you

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Question 335943: use the quadratic formula to determine the x-intercepts (if any) of the following function. Then evaluate the function for several values of x, and use the resulting points to graph the function. Show your work;
f%28x%29=+x%5E2-2x-4

could someone please help me with this problem.
thank you


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Question 335966: solve
%28x%2B4%2F5%29%5E2+=+19%2F25+
could someone please help me with this problem?

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Question 335894: How do I solve the following equation by the square root method?
(3y+6)^2=36

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Question 336007: QUESTION:
a ball is throw downward from a window in a tall building. the distance traveled by the ball in t seconds is s=+16t%5E2%2B32t,where s is in feet. how long (to the nearest tenth) will it take the ball to fall 97 feet? show your work.
I could really use some help with this problem
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