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Question 121435: Determine those real numbers a for which the opposite of a is the same as the reciprocal of a.
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Question 121531: ok im stuck on what to do next heres the problem and what i have so far
problem: 3/x^2+4x-5 minus 2x/x-1=
here's what i have so far i found the LCD which is (x-1)(x+5)
3/(x+5)(x-1)minus 2x(x+5)/(x-1)(x+5)=
3-2x^2+5x/(x-1)(x+5)
and there is where i got stuck!
thanks in advance!



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Question 121569: if the moon 202 x 10 to the 5th power miles away and the rocket travels 5.5 x 10 to the 3rd power mph, how long would this trip take?
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Question 121568: how many real solutions are there for 0= x to the second power + 8x + 16
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Question 121407:
30-[-(10-5)-15]-25=

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Question 121856: what names apply to the square root of 35
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Question 122494: I need help with the following
Write the following in roster form:
Set N is the set of natural numbers between ten and sixteen

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Question 122499: I need help with the following. I know that I've asked previous questions today. I have tried doing all of the questions I've asked, but I'm having a hard time with them.
Given A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {3, 4, 5, 6,}, and C = {3, 5, 7}. Evaluate each set
a) A ∩ B
b) A ∩ C
c) A U C
d) B U C
e) (A U B) ∩ C
f) A U (B U C)
g) (A ∩ B) ∩ C
h) (A ∩ B) U C

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Question 122495: I need help with the following
For sets A and B, determine whether A = B, A is a subset of B, of B is a subset of A:

A = {x| x є N and 13 < x < 18}
B = {12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18}

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Question 122497: I need help with the following
Given U = {l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w}, A = {l, m, n, o, p, q}, B = {n, o, r, s, v, w}, and C = {l, m, p, q, r, t}, find (A′ U C′) ∩ B′.

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Question 122542: I just need to know if I got this answer correct. My answer is 53. Here is the problem.
A survey of a group of people produced the following results: there were 25 people with brown eyes and 15 people with blonde hair. If 10 people had both brown eyes and blonde hair and 23 people had neither, how many people were interviewed?

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Question 122885: The sum of two numbers is 76. The second is 8 more than 3 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Question 123053: What is the slope of the line with the equation 2x+3y+6=0?
please explain how you did it

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Question 123513: Find 3 consecutive multiples of six such that 4 times the first exceeds twice the third by 12.
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Question 123675: what is percent of 40 out of 73? i dont understand. do i have to make a proportion. how do i make a proportion?
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Question 124335: explain what real numbers are solutions of x>1
Thank you

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Question 124500: I need to find integer replacements for the following:
2< [x] < 5
Please show me

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Question 125145: For three consecutive odd integers, the sum of the least and the greatest is 146. What is the sum of all three integers?
I don't even know where to start.
Thank you for you time.

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Question 125145: For three consecutive odd integers, the sum of the least and the greatest is 146. What is the sum of all three integers?
I don't even know where to start.
Thank you for you time.

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Question 125249: is 2 over 7 an irrational # or rational #
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Question 125336: Are all real integers whole numbers?
Does the set of real numbers correspond to all points on the number line?

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Question 126322: -11(3/2)(.12(-12))=
4(-2(2Squared))+8(-2)+3(-2)+6=















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Question 126907: Find the absolute value of
/3x/=6

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Question 126913: The directions state name all of the sets of numbers to which each real numbers belong. Let N = natural numbers, W = whole numbers, Z = intergers, Q = rational numbers, and I = irrational numbers. 18#. 0.131313 what is the answer to this question. I do not understand what the difference in these are could you please explain it to me?
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Question 126872: use the formula h = rt - 4.9t2
a projectile is fired upward with an initial speed of 2940 m/s. After how many minutes does it hit the ground?

how do we figure this out? we are stuck! thanks

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Question 127016: if k = 0, then the solution set of : 20-x < k is,
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Question 127050: are all real numbers rational?
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Question 127049: are real numbers rational?
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Question 127533: which of them are rational or irrational.
3*3.142,2/3.142,square root of 3,square root of16-9,

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Question 127854: A rational number is ___always____a real number
a. always
b. sometimes
c. never

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Question 127854: A rational number is ___always____a real number
a. always
b. sometimes
c. never

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Question 127854: A rational number is ___always____a real number
a. always
b. sometimes
c. never

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Question 127977: 6-3
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Question 128285: x%5E3-5x%5E2%2B8x-4=0
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Question 128449: How do you turn the irrational number 108 1/3 into a rational number?
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Question 129430:
I have forgotten!!
1. Name the place value of the 8 in 18,492. 2. 2x(14x+12)/223. 3 and 1/2 / 1/2=?

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Question 130360: what is the fomula of finding the slope?

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Question 130752: Please help me, This problem I have solved, but I have difficulty cheacked it.
The problem was: Solve and cheack each of the following.
4 5
- = -, the answer that I got was x=5.6
x 7
It is the right answer, but I dpn't know how to check it. Please help me, Thank You=)

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Question 130922: Hi! For this it says to solve and cheack each of the following.
The problem is:
3a -2
- = - The answer that I got for it was (a), but I need help checking it,
7 5 please help, Thank You=)

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Question 130914: Please see if I'm doing this right - very rusty with algebra.....
Question: Simplify: (2x - 7)-(5 + 4x) + (3x - 8)
2x - 7 - 9x + 3x - 8
(combining like terms - add 2x - 9x + 3x)
-4x - 15
Do I have the correct answer?

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Question 130944: I am having trouble with this question it asks:
The sum of a number and its reciprocal is
10. What is the number? It also says I need to cheack.
-
3
Please and Thank You=)

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Question 130944: I am having trouble with this question it asks:
The sum of a number and its reciprocal is
10. What is the number? It also says I need to cheack.
-
3
Please and Thank You=)

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Question 130946: The answer I got for this was 1, but I am not so sure about it.
The question is:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, -
one third of a number is,,,,,,,,,3
5 less than half of the same number. What is the number? Than it says to cheack it. Please and THank you=)

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Question 131025: Hi!
I am having difficulty with this particular question it asks to: Solve and cheack each of the following. For this problem the answer that I got for it was 24(x+3)=32, though it was wrong. The problem is:
24 72
-- = --
x-3 x+3
Please and Thank You=)

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Question 131030: Please help me, this question I need to simplify, the problem is:
n^-2
-
n^3
Please and Thank you=)

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