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Question 411075: Please help me, thank you.
Represent the number algebraically whose ten’s digit is h and whose units digit is k

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Question 411069: Please help me with this word problem....
The numerator of a certain fraction is 7 less than its denominator. If 4 is subtracted from the numerator and 1 added to the denominator, the resulting fraction equals 1/3. Find the fraction.

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Question 411029: The lengths of the sides of a quadrilateral (four sided shape) are unknown. The sides are marked 3x, 5x, 7x and 10x. Its perimeter is 50 inches. Determine the length of each side. Show all of your work. Check your answer. Write a statement identifying the lengths.
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Question 411177: A ball is thrown across a playing field. Its path is given by the equation below, where x is the distance the ball has traveled horizontally, and y is its height above ground level, both measured in feet.
y = -0.005x2 + x + 9
A) What is the maximum height attained by the ball?
B) How far has it traveled horizontally when it hits the ground? Round your answer to the nearest foot.
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Question 411284: Classify the following variable as nominal, ordinal, discrete, or continuous and state why it is such a variable:
distance between two cities

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Classify the following as an example of a nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio level of measurement, and state why it represents this level:
customer ratings of 10 area grocery stores

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Question 411291: A class of 20 students took a math test. The 12 girls in the class had an average score of 85. The 8 boys in the class had an average score of 78. What was the class average.
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Question 411336: Please help me solve this problem. I get 12.5 but I need to break this down so I understand it. I am not sure if I am right how I am arriving at the answer.
7 times the opposite of a number is 50 less than the product of 3 and the number.
Thank you.
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Question 411503: Paul sells 180 bracelets in 30min and Jack sells 180 bracelets in 60min,selling together how many min will it take them to sell 180 bracelets ?
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Question 411552: Mark is 8 years younger than Jerry. In 10 yrs,he will be 10 yrs more than 1/2 as old as Jerry. Find their PRESENT ages.
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Question 411550: Butch is 4 yrs older than his sister.1/3 of Butch's age is 2 less than his sister's age.Find their ages.....please make a table like this:
PRESENT AGES
butch = x+4
butch's sister = x
and pls show the solution..tnx
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Question 411541: if 5 cards are taken from a deck of 52 cards what is the probability that 3 will be clubs.
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Question 411594: seth is to select a center and guard for his basketball team from a group of 7 people. Find the number of possible outcomes.
A) 14
B) 42
C) 49
D) 56
E) 72
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Question 411780: Erica reieves 35 packages. Speedy delievery delievered twice as many as Ralphs Express, while raplhs express delieverd five more then sendquick package service. How many did each service deliever erica?
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Question 411800: describe the energy changes that take place if you throw a ball straight up from the ground
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Question 411869: The selling price of a tv is $675.40. If the markup is 10% of the dealers cost, what is the dealers cost of the tv?
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Question 411878: A plane traveling approximately southwest has a vector heading of 180mi/hr at 240 degrees. A partial headwind blowing northwest has a vector heading of 35mi/hr at 150 degrees.
required: what is the planes final vector heading including both the theta and the final displacement angle?
I am stuck can't get started, I missed the lecture. Test on Wed yikes!! please help!! thanks so much.
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Question 411911: A group of co-workers agreed that each would contribute the same amount to buy their boss a $100 birthday gift. At the last minute, 2 of the people decided not to chip in. This increased the amount that the remaining had to contribute by $2.50 per person. How many people actually contributed to the gift?
y=(x-2)+2.50(100)
y=x-2+250
y=x+248
y-248=x
y=(y-248-2)+250

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Question 412037: Homer scored 76 on his math test. The class average was 61, the median was 66, and the variance was 25.
1) What is Homers percintile rank on this test?
2) What percent of the people taking this test scored better than homer?
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Question 412138: A ladder is resting against a wall. The top of the ladder touches the wall at a height of 12 ft. Find the length of the ladder if the length is 4 ft more than its distance from the wall. Answer should be in ft.
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Question 412244: If 2 is added to the numerator of a fraction, the resulting fraction is 2/3. If 1 is subtracted from the denominator, the resulting fraction is 1/2. What is the original fraction?
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Question 412306: The yearly Egyptian production of oil O(t) in millions of barrels, t years after 2000 can be approximated by,
O(t)=-40.4+2159
Using inequality, determine the years for which the production will drop below 1750 million barrels.
This is what I have and know I have set it up wrong.
o(t)=-40.5+2159
O(t)>1750
-40.5t>1750-2159
-40.5t> -409/-40.5
I do not feel good about completing this...think I have it wrong
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Question 412379: Translate the English phrase into an algebraic expression using n to represent the unknown number: The sum of nine and five times a number.
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Question 412267: There are 158 members in the soccer program. There are 16 more boys than girls. How many boys are there?
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Question 412272: $6.50 for adults and $4.00 for students, totaling $2935 How many of each ticket sold?
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Question 412277: John paid $11.75 for 1 large box of popcorn and 2 large soda; Peter paid $13.00 for 2 large boxes of popcorn and 1 large soda. How much does 1 large box of popcorn cost?
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Question 412284: The question is
The demand and supply functions of a local shoe retailer are
D(p)= 2000-60p
S(p)=460+94p
Where p is the price in dollars
a) find those values of p for which demand exceeds supply
b) find those value of p for which demand is less than supply

This is how I am setting it up
2000-60p=460+94p
2000-460=1530
94p+60p= 154p
1530/154p
p=
I just do not think that I am setting this problem up correctly and am confused on how to work it out
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Question 412482: Can the word Stone be played from the letters a, e, o, n, r, s, t as the first move in a scrabble game?
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Question 412415: Alexia's bathroom has a tub in the shape of a rectangular prism with a length of 1.5 meters, a width of 0.5 meters, and a height of 0.4 meters. How many cubic feet of water can it hold?
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Question 412509: A particular paint requires 1 gallon to cover 125 square feet of metal roof. If the roof is 89 feet by 46 feet, how much paint will be required?
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Question 412678: the number of employees that work at a company has increased by 40% over the past year. This year there are 1312 more employees with the company than last year. How many employees were there last year?
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Question 412680: to trim the edges of a rectangle table cloth, 66ft. of lace is needed. The lenght of the table cloth is exactly one-half its width. what are the dimensions of the table cloth?
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Question 412687: A 19 ft. of board cut into two pieces. the shorter piece is 7ft. shorter than the longer piece what is the length of the longer piece?
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Question 412715: need help on what the step are on how to solve questions like this one. There are a few on my homework and couldn't find in my book of how to do them:/
The question is: A parking lot has 120 vehicles with motorcycles and cars in the ratio of 7:5. Find the number of motorcycles and cars in the parking lot.

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Question 412835: Solve the problem. Use 3.14 for π. Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary. The width of a piece of paper is 8.5 in., the length is 11 in., and the thickness is 0.0043 in. There are 3000 sheets sitting in a cabinet by the copy machine. What is the volume occupied by the paper?
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Question 412858: Did I do this correctly,
D(p)= 2000-60p
S(p)=460+94p p is the price in dollars

a) find those values of p for which demand exceeds supply
2000-60P > 460 + 94p
2460 > 154p
$15.97 > p
b) find those value of p for which demand is less than supply
2000-60P < 460 + 94p
2460 < 154p
p > $15.97
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Question 412602: Can the word "STRONG" be played from the letters A, E, O, N, R, S, T as the first move in a Scrabble game? Explain your answer.
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Question 412925: NEED HELP ASAP!!!
rectangle with length 6 meters more than half it's width. The perimeter is 24 meters. Find the length and width
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Question 412947: Pam bought several cartons of Giggle Fruit Drinks to sell during the track meet. She paid 50 cents per carton. She sold all but 15 of the cartons for $1 each. At the end of the day, her profit was $22.50. How many cartons of Giggle did she buy?
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Question 413032: I am trying to solve the following problem It takes 2 days to frame 3 rooms how many days will it take to frame seven rooms? I tried the following7rooms/3/2 rooms/days= 7rooms x 2/3days days rooms = 4.7 days is that reasonable
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Question 413069: hay
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Question 413009: A store mixed Brazilian coffee worth $11 per kilogram and Turkish coffee woth $13 per kilogram. The mixture is to sell for $12 per kilogram. Find how much of each should be used to make a 480 kilogram mixture.

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Question 413097: mary is converting 30 yards per hour into feet per hour which conversion factor should she use
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Question 413162: Adela earned $12,500 last year and donated 5% of her salary to chairity. How much money did she donate to chairity?
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