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Question 213396This question is from textbook
: A gardener has 46 ft of fencing to be used to enclose a rectangular garden that has a border 2 feet wide surrounding it.
If the length of the garden is twice its width what will be the dimensions of the garden?This question is from textbook
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Question 213466This question is from textbook
: An ecology center wants to set up an experimental garden using 300m of fencing to enclose a rectangular area of 5000m2. Find the dimensions of the garden.This question is from textbook
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Question 213432This question is from textbook
: A machine produces open boxes using square sheets of metal measuring 12 inches on each side. The machine cuts wqual-sized squares whose sides measure 2 inches from each corner. Then it shapes the metal into an open box by turning up the sides, Find the volume of the box.This question is from textbook
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Question 213522: Two trains leave springfield at the same time traveling in p
Opposite direction. The eastbound train travels at 48 miles per hour and the westbound train travals at 54 miles per hour. In how many hours will they be 255 miles apart?
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Question 213522: Two trains leave springfield at the same time traveling in p
Opposite direction. The eastbound train travels at 48 miles per hour and the westbound train travals at 54 miles per hour. In how many hours will they be 255 miles apart?
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Question 213528: Julie inherited $10000 from her uncle . She invested part in stocks and the rest in bonds. The stocks paid an annual interest rate of 3% and the bonds paid 5% annually. If her total annual income from these two investment was $413. How much did she invest in each?
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Question 213546: There were 115 people who attended the eagle basketball game. Tickets for students sold for $4 each and tickets for non-students sold for $7 each. If the total ticket sales were $553, how many students attended the game?
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Question 213409This question is from textbook
: You are the office manager for Dr. Rogers. The increasing cost of making photocopies is a concern to Dr. Rogers. She wants to examine alternative to the current financing plan. The office currently leases a copy machine for $110 per month and pays $0.025 per copy. A 3-year payment plan is available that cost $125 per month and $0.015 per copy.
(a.) If the office expects to run 100,000 copies per year, which is the better plan?
(b) How much money will the better plan save over the other plan?
This question is from textbook
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Question 213518: A sailboat leavea the harbor traveling at 36mph.four hours later ,a motorboat begins to pursue thesailboat at the speed of 60mph. a. How long will it take the motorboat to catch up to the sailboat ? b. How far from the harbor will they meet?
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Question 211958: Please help with this, I'm a lot lost with this one
During the last hour, a telemarketer dialed 25 numbers and reached 7 busy signals, 3 answering machines, and 15 people. Use this information to determine the empirical probability that the next call will be answered in person.
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Question 211954: Need help with this question I'm stuck
A specific Brand of bike comes in two frames, for males or females. Each frame comes in a choice of three colors, red, white, and blue, and with a choice of three seats soft, medium, and hard. I can't figure out how to draw the three. have the answer to A. but not to B and C. kinda got lost.
A) Use the counting principle to determine the number of different arrangements of bicycles that are possible.
B) Construct a tree diagram illustrating all the different arrangements of bicycles that are possible.
C) List the sample space.
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Question 213771This question is from textbook
: A door is 4 1/4ft wide. Two hooks are to be attached to the door so
that they are 1 1/2in. apart and the same distance from each edge. How far from the
edge of the door should each hook be located? Give your answer in feet.This question is from textbook
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Question 213865This question is from textbook
: This is from a textbook.snajay earns $13.00 each week from his paper route.he earns 15 cents for each daily paper and 35 cents for each sunday paper he delivers.he delievers twice as many daily papers as sunday papers.how many of each type does he deliver each week?This question is from textbook
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Question 214485: This is NOT from a text book.
The perimeter of one square is 36 inches more than the perimeter of a second square, and the area of the first square is 243 square inches more than the area of the second square. Find the area of the larger square.
My work so far:
Square #1 Perimeter=4s+36 Area=s^2+243
Square #2 Perimeter= 4s Area=s^2
I am unsure of how to set up the equation.
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Question 214791This question is from textbook
: An isosceles triangle has two sides of equal length. The length of one of the equal sides is two more than 3 times the length of the third side. If the perimeter is 46m, find the length of each side.This question is from textbook
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Question 214813: While finding the amount of seed needed to plant his three wheat fields, Hank observed that the side of one field was 1 kilometer longer that the side of the smallest field and that the side of the largest field was 3 kilometers longer than the side of the smallest field. If the total area of the three fields is 38 square kilomters, then what is the area of each field?
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Question 214882: The town of Foxton lies 10 mi north of an abandoned east-west road that runs through Grimley. The point on the abandoned road closest to Foxton is 40 east of Grimley.
County officials are about to build a new road connecting the two towns. They have determined that restoring the old road would cost $100,000 per mile, whereas building a new road would cost $200,000 per mile. How much of the abandoned road should be used if the officials intend to spend $6.8 million? Would it cost less than this amount to build a new road connecting the towns directly?
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Question 214941: The length of each side of a square is increased by 4 in. The sum of the areas of the original square and the larger square is 106 in^2. What is the length of a side of the original square?
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Question 214968: Hi i need help with a problem im stuck on: A group of 127 students and 4 teachers go on a field trip. They have vans which hold seven students and buss which hold 25. They have five more vans than buses.How many buses and vans are needed.
I said 7v + 25v = 131 and got stuck on this.
Please help
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Question 214967: Two cyclists start biking from a trail 3 hours apart. The 2nd cyclist traveled at 10 miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the 1st cyclist who is traveling at 6 miles per hour. How much time will pass before the 2nd cyclist catches up with the 1st cyclist from the time the 2nd cyclist started?
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