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Question 389883: Cole’s two student loans totaled $31,000. One of his loans was at 2.8% simple interest and the other at 4.5%. After one year, Cole owed $1024.40 in interest. What was the amount of each loan?
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Question 389887: In 1988, Florence Griffith Joyner set a record of the 10.49 sec in the women’s 100-m dash. The equation can be used to estimate the world record in the women’s 100-m dash years after 1988. For what years was the record between 10.15 and 10.35 sec?
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Question 389884: Sally and Rocky travel on motorcycles toward each other from Chicago and Indianapolis, which are about 350 km apart, and they are biking at the rates of 110 km/h and 90 km/h. They started at the same time. In how many hours will they meet?
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Question 389954: Which of the following describe all numbers that are more than 4 units away from 3 on a number line?
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Question 389954: Which of the following describe all numbers that are more than 4 units away from 3 on a number line?
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Question 390000: Write the following union of intervals as a single interval. [0, 3) U (2, 6]
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Question 390101: if the sum of x and y is subracted from the sum of their squares,the answer is N.Write the relevant equation.
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Question 390126: Macadamia nuts cost $.90 per ounce, peanuts cost $.30 per ounce, an cashews cost $1.30 per ounce. You want a 20- ounce mixture of macadamia nuts, peanuts, and cashews that costs $.68 per ounce. If the combined weight of the macadamia nuts and cashews equals the wight of the peanuts, how many ounces of each nut should be used?
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Question 390319: In 1988, Florence Griffith Joyner set a record of the 10.49 sec in the women’s 100-m dash. The equation can be used to estimate the world record in the women’s 100-m dash years after 1988. For what years was the record between 10.15 and 10.35 sec?
Show your work not just the final answer.

Plug-in the records to the equation R = - 0.0433t + 10.49 to determine the values for
Since the year 1998 corresponds to we can find out the year corresponding to t = 0.

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Question 390407: One of five consecutive whole numbers is 43. What is the unit digit in the product of these five numbers?
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Question 390439: Two years ago Sam's age was 2/3 of Pam's. Three years from now Sam's age will be 3/4 of Pam's age. In 20 yrs, their combined ages will be 69. How old is Sam now?
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Question 390395: An isosceles triangle has a base of 20 cm and legs measuring 36 cm. How long are the legs of a similar triangle with a base measuring 50 cm?
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Question 390425: Kim and Sandy are each knitting a scarf. Kim can knit 3 rows in 5 minutes, while Sandy can knit 4 rows in 6 minutes. They start knitting at the same time and do not take any breaks. Kim wants her scarf to be 84 rows long. Sandy wants her scarf to be 88 rows long. Who will finish her scarf first and by how many minutes?
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Question 390411: The first 15 letters of the following pattern are given. If this pattern were to be continued, what would the 100th letter?
A B B C C C D D D D E E E E E ...
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Question 390460: 2. X = 2-seat tables
y = 4-seat tables
2x + 4y = 56 (max)
x + y = 17
Solve for x and y that allows the maximum number of customers
2x + 2y = 34
2y = 22
y = 11
x = 6
2. Use the system of equations from number 1 and solve using the substitution method to determine how many of each type of table should be purchased. Explain or show work for all steps used to solve the problem.
I have problems with subsitutions can I please have help with the answer thank you
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Question 390415: A guidance counselor is planning schedules for 30 students. Sixteen students say they want to take French, 16 want to take Spanish, and 11 want to take Latin. Five say they want to take both French and Latin, and of these 3 wanted to take Spanish as well. 5 want only Latin and 8 want only Spanish. How many want French only?
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Question 390409: You buy 5 feet of ribbon to decorate the edge of a rectangular placemat that has a length of 16 inches. You have 6 inches of ribbon left over after you decorate the placemat. What is the width of the placemet?
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Question 390402: In high school and college, Buddy played football for two years, baseball for three years, and basketball for two years. He never played more than two sports during the same year. What is the least number of years Buddy could have played high school and college sports?
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Question 390346: John's dog weighs 7 times as much as Ryan's dog. Toghther the dog's weigh 96 pounds. How much does Ryan's dog weigh?
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Question 390520: Calculate the approximate mass, in kg, of a 2.0m length of cylindrical clay pipe of external and internal diameters 14cm and 12cm. Density of clay is 1.3g/cm3.
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Question 390605: Solve by the elimination method
2r-5s= -1
5r+2s=41
What is the solution of the system? Slect the correct choice below and, if necessary, fill in the answer box to complete your choice.
A) the solution is _______
B) there are infinitely many solution
C) there is no solution
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Question 390606: N.M and T are integers
N+M is an odd number
M+T is an odd number
Which of the following must be true:
a) NxT is even
b) NxT is odd
c) N+T is odd
d) N+T is even
e) N-T is odd
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Question 390649: The sum of these two numbers are 31. The product of these two numbers are 150, what are the numbers?
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Question 390686: A sailboat travels 12 miles downstream in only 2 hours. The return trip upstream takes 3 hours. Find the rate of speed of the current.
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Question 390777: The time it takes you to get to campus varies inversely as your driving rate. Averaging, 20 miles per hour in terrible traffic, it takes you 1 hr to get to campus. How long would it take averaging 45 miles per hour?
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Question 390789: how many 2 inch square blocks can fit inside a rectangle with the measurements of 10inches on both sides and 20 inches in on the top and bottom. the answer is 50 but how do u get the answer
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Question 390793: A brass weight is 252 grams. A lead weight is 3.56 kilograms. What is the sum of these weights in grams?

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Question 390833: Jason and Marie both travel 900 miles. Jason drove at an average speed of 10 miles per hour faster than Marie and made the trip in one hour less time. Find the average speeds of both cars.
Jason's speed = ?mph
Marie's speed = ?mph
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Question 390919: Express the area A of a square in terms of its perimeter p
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Question 390944: Can someone help me do this problem step by step so I can understand it. I am confused. Thank you so much.
A picture has a height that is 4/3 its width. It is to be enlarged to have an area of 192 square inches. What will be the dimensions of the enlargement?
Thank you so much I just do not understand.
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Question 391080: Polynomial and Rational Functions
Solve:
102. Maximum Volume. An open-top box is to be made from a 6 in. by 7 in. piece of copper by cutting equal squares (x in. by x in.) from each corner and folding up the sides. Write the volume of the box as a function of x. Use a graphing calculator to find the mazimum possilbe volume to the nearest hundredth of a cubic inch.

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Question 391131: The time to complete a building project is inversely proportional to the number of people working on the job. It takes 30 days for 6 workers to complete the job. If they need to complete the job in 20 days, how many workers will they need?
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Question 391164: the ratio of the width to the length in a certain quadrilateral is 6:12. the actual length of the quadrilateral is 34 cm. what is the actual width?
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Question 391200: On a scale drawing, 48 feet is represented by 12 inches.How many feet does a scale 1/4 inch represent?

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Question 391206: $9.50 for 3 sodas and 2 milkshakes. $10.50 for 2 sodas and 3 milkshakes. How much does each drink cost? I need help figuring out the equations. I came up with x=soda y=milkshake
3x + 2y = 9.50 and 2x +3y = 10.50
But I can't make it work.
Thank you so much!!!!!
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Question 391245: A rectangel has a width of 6 inches and a perimeter of 26inches. What is the length of the rectangel
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Question 391269: Ella swims four times a week at her club's pool.She swims the same number of laps on monday wednesday,and friday,and 15 laps on saturday.She swims a total of 51 laps each week.HOW many laps does she swim on monday ?
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Question 391276: Working alone two metal crushers can each process one truckload of aluminum cans in 25 min. After the two machines have been working for 6 min they are joined by a third machine that by itself could process one truckload in 20 min. How long after the first two machines start working will one truckload of cans be processed?
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Question 391332: A train carries 92 passengers altogether. Some cars carry 6 passengers and some cars carry 4 passengers. There are three less 6 passenger cars than 4 passengers cars. How many 4 passenger cars are there?
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Question 391310: the math club goes to an amusement park.student tickets cost $15 each.Non-tudent tickets cost $25 each.The club paid $315 for the tickets.

write in standard form an equation that relates the number of student tickets x with the number of non-student tickets y.
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Question 391342: Could someone show me how to work this problem out step by step so I can understand it. I am totally confused.
A landscaping company placed two orders with a nursery. The first order was for 13 bushes and 4 trees, and totaled $487. The second order was for 6 bushes and 2 trees, and totaled $232. The bill does not list the per-item price. What is the cost of one bush and of one tree?

Thank you so very much!
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