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Question 53249: A population of students were polled: Do you like chocolate donuts or glazed? 20% said neither, 70% liked chocolate and 60% liked glazed. What percent liked both chocolate and glazed?

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Question 53234This question is from textbook College Mathematics
: The shorter side of an L-shaped carpenters square is 6 inches shorter than the longer side. If the total length of the carpenter's square is 24 inches, what is the measure of each side?
I set up the problem 2x + 2(x-6) = 24 inches
I came up with the answer of 2 sides at 9 inches and 2 sides at 3 inches. Is this right? If it is a square, why wouldn't the sides be equal? Thanks for your time!
Kelly This question is from textbook College Mathematics

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Question 53312: One-third of the sum of two consecutive integers is 9 less than the smaller integer. Find the integers.
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Question 53313: One-third of the sum of two consecutive integers is 6 less than the smaller integer. Find the integers.
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Question 53313: One-third of the sum of two consecutive integers is 6 less than the smaller integer. Find the integers.
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Question 53373This question is from textbook algebra: introductory and intermediate
: The sum of two numbers is twenty. Three times the smaller is equal to two times the larger. Find the two numbers.This question is from textbook algebra: introductory and intermediate

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Question 53398: Celcius temperature readings can be converted to Fahrenheit readings using the formula F=9/5C+32. What is the Fahrenheit temperature that cooresponds to each of the following Celcius temperatures: -10, 0, 15, 100? McGraw Hill 6th edition, chaper 6, sec. 1, problem # 46. Thanks for your help!!!!
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Question 53466: In the Senior Class, one-fifth of the students are enrolled in mathematics. Find the number of students in the senior class if 87 are enrolled in mathematics.
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Question 53477This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

: I'm supposed to solve, graph and write solution set in interval notation for this problem. And I can't find an example in the book to help me. I was wondering if you could help with the steps and see if it reminds me how to do this. Thanks..
The average height of the two forwards and the center of a basketball team is 6 feet, 8 inches. What must the average height of the two gaurds be so that the team average is at least 6 feet, 4 inches?This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Question 53477This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Question 53447: Sally went shopping for tiles at the local toy shop the other day. Tiles were on sale for only 28 pennies each.
However, she got it in her head that, for good luck, the total amount of pennies she must spend must be a number where all of the digits are the same.
With that in mind, what is the minimum number of tiles she must buy?

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Question 53530: Stan and Hilda can mow the lawn in 40 min if they work together. If Hilda works twice as fast as Stan, how long does it take Stan to mow the lawn alone?
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Question 53474This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

: I'm supposed to solve, graph and write solution set in interval notation for this problem. And I can't find an example in the book to help me. I was wondering if you could help with the steps and see if it reminds me how to do this. Thanks..
Fourteen increased by twice a number is less than or equal to three times the number. Find the numbers that satisfy this relationship. This question is from textbook Elementary and Intermediate Algebra

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Question 53596: I have the answer to this problem but I need to be able to explain how to get the answer, other than guessing. Can you please help? One dog says to another, "If one of your fleas jumped onto me, we'd have the same number." The other dogs says "But if one of yours jumped onto me , I'd have five times as many as you."
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Question 53600: 1.if one-third of an integer is added to one-half of the next consecutive integer, the difference is 3. What are the two integers?

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Question 53600: 1.if one-third of an integer is added to one-half of the next consecutive integer, the difference is 3. What are the two integers?

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Question 53612: What is the angle of elevation of the sun when a 35-ft mast casts a 20-ft shadow?
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Question 53614: Loookout station A is 15 km west of station B. The bearing from A to a fire directly south of B is S 37 degrees 50' E. How far is the fire from B?
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Question 53624: on a certain street , a section having an area of 4896.7 sq yds is paved at an expense of $12642.17. what would be the expense to a property holder who pays for 356.28 sq. yds of the pave?
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Question 53626: suppose a ball is dropped from a height of 30ft. and that each bounce reaches 3/8 of the previous height. how high will the ball boucnce on the second bounce?
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Question 53916: When graphed using polar coordinates, the center of a regular nonagon is at the origin and one vertex is at (6, 0 degrees) or (6,0 radians). Find the polar coordinates of the other verticles in both degrees and radians.
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Question 53914: When graphed using polar coordinates, the center of a regular nonagon is at the origin and one vertex is at (6, 0 degrees) or (6, 0 radians). Find the polar coordinates of the other verticles in both degrees and radians.
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Question 53920: You have two stacks of coins. One stack is 15inches tall, the other is 9 inches tall. All the coins are the same thickness, what is the thickness of the coins?
(15/x)+(9/x)=24 ?

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Question 53935: Happy Hector and Party Paul are each having a catered party at Fun Factory. Hector’s party is in the hall and Paul’s party is on the Patio. The catering manager of Fun Factory explained the rules to Hector and Paul. Both Hector’s party in the Hall and Paul’s party on the Patio must have the same size table, that is, for example, table size for 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, etc. The manager will only order one size table for both parties. Everyone at each party must have a seat and no seats can be empty at any table. Hector will have a total of 180 people. Paul is expecting a total of 84 people. What size table does the manager need to order for both Hector and Paul?

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Question 53502: The mass of a cylinder is 35.89g and you add mercury until it reaches 5.00ml. The cylinder and the contents now weigh 103.89g. What is the density of the mercury?
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Question 53805: 1.) Sales last month were 4000.00, this month they were 5000.00. Write an equation that shows this using y for sales and x for the month. (this month x=0, last month x=-1, next month x=1 etc... 2.) What will the sales be 4 months from now?
Can someone show me how to work this? Thanks.
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Question 51986: The Red Machine makes 120 candies per minute. The Blue Machine makes 3 candies per second. How many Red Machines would you need if you wanted to equal the productivity of 4 Blue Machines.
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Question 54072This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry
: Please help me with this problem:
The period of a simple pendulum is directly proportional to the square root of its length. If a pendulum has a length of 6 feet and a period of 2 seconds, to what length should it be shortened to achieve a 1 second period?This question is from textbook Algebra and Trigonometry

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Question 53501: a 7.61cm X 7.68cm rectangular piece of glass has a thickness of 2.2mm and a mass of 35.303g. What is the density of the glass?
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Question 54168This question is from textbook beginning and intermediate algebra
: How in the world?? Again my book doesnt have an equation on how to solve this and guessing got me no where. Will you please help? Thank you!!
One on one: Find two positive real numbers that differ by 1 and have a product of 1.
This question is from textbook beginning and intermediate algebra

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Question 54197: If a piece of real estate purchased for $50,000 in 1998 appreciates at the rate of 5% per year, then its value t years after the purchase will be
f(t)=50000(1.05^t). According to this model, by how much will the value of this piece of property increase between the years 2007 and 2008?

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Question 54243: What number is equal to its double?
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Question 54180This question is from textbook strategies for problem solving workbook
: A rod of 5 m at 6c grows to 5.006 m when the temperature is raised to 48c. Find the coeffcient of volumetric expansion of the unknown composing the rod.This question is from textbook strategies for problem solving workbook

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Question 52780: Write an expression for each quanity:
The number of gallons in 21 quarts
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Question 54552: 38. [ x + 2y ]greater than or equal to 6
i do not knwo how to graph absolute values
the bracket are to before the x and after y stand for absolute value. by the way what is the difference between the brackets and teh absolute value sign?
thank you in advance
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Question 54702: I need to know how many cats and witches are out in this problem. I know that the number of legs was 3.5 times the number of heads and the total number of heads and legs are 72.
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Question 54871: Hello, I could reeally use some help with this one. Thanks! The price of one brand of athletic shoes is $5 more than another brand. If the prices of the two pairs of shoes add to $230, how much does each pair cost?
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Question 54832: A typical male lion is about 2.1 meters long and stands about 90 cm tall at the shoulder. He also weighs about 240kg. The Sphinx is about 73.2 meters long, this includes the paws which are 15.3 meters long. If there existed a real lion that were the size of the Sphinx, how tall would you expect it to be? It says show your work and explain any assumptions you made.
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Question 54954: Write the equation of the line slope-intercept form if the slop is 2/3 and (9,3) is a point on the line.
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Question 54964: A 9ft board was cut into 2 pieces so that one piece is 5 feet longer than 3 times the shorter piece. If the shorter piece is x feet long, find the lengths of both pieces.
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Question 54966: Jeans are on sale at the local department store for 25% off. If the jeans originally cost $55 find the sale price. (Round to nearest cent)
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