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Tutors Answer Your Questions about Miscellaneous Word Problems (FREE) Get help from our free tutors ===> Algebra.Com stats: 2011 tutors, 418823 problems solved View all solved problems on Miscellaneous_Word_Problems -- maybe yours has been solved already! Become a registered tutor (FREE) to answer students' questions. Click here to see problems AND answers on one page Question 362949: (Assume the volume is kept constant) If the pressure on a gas doubles, how does the absolute temperature change? Click here to see answer by Fombitz(13828)   Question 363085: How many times do the two hands of a clock point in the same direction between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm of a single day? Click here to see answer by Mr.positive(13)   Question 363216: I have 0 thousands, 17 tens, 0 hundreds and 10 ones. What number am I? Click here to see answer by Fombitz(13828)   Question 363216: I have 0 thousands, 17 tens, 0 hundreds and 10 ones. What number am I? 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