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Question 520904: Steve's mom's age is 7 years less than 3 times Steve's age. The sum of their ages is 65 years. Find their ages.
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Question 520900: Mindy has 2 more than 3 times as many rocks as Fiona. Together they have 54 rocks. How many rocks does Fiona have?
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Question 521305: Ashley drives for 6 3/4 hours at an average rate of 48 miles per hour. How many miles does she drive?
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Question 521377: 7.
A ball dropped from a certain height rises after bouncing to 25 % of its original height. After bouncing if the ball rises to 6 ft. What is the height from which it was dropped?
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Question 521522: There are 96 ducks and goats. There are 316 legs between the ducks and goats. How many of each are there? _______ Ducks ______ Goats
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Question 521705: your practicing for a soccer game, you kick the soccer ball into the net and out of 25 attempts you make 10. what would your next attempt be?
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Question 521779: the cost of an adult ticket for the school play is 2.00. the cost of a student ticket is 1.50 the total income from the sale of tickets was 550.00. the number of adult tickets sold was 100 less than 3 times the number of student tickets sold. how many of each type of ticket was sold? systems of linear equations
i got the equations 2.00x+1.50y=550.0
x=3(times)y-100
im solving for substitution and i dont know what to do with the multiplication
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Question 521798: 7 times the square of the difference between a number and 5 is -252. Find the number(s).
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Question 521803: the cost of an adult ticket for the school play is 2.00. the cost of a student ticket is 1.50 the total income from the sale of tickets was 550.00. the number of adult tickets sold was 100 less than 3 times the number of student tickets sold. how many of each type of ticket was sold? systems of linear equations
i got the equations 2.00x+1.50y=550.0
x=3(times)y-100
im solving for elimination and i dont know what to do with the multiplication
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Question 521862: Tickets to the county fair for four adults and five children cost $33. An adults ticket costs $1.50 more than a childs ticket. Find the cost of an adults ticket and write an equation.
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Question 521807: This isn't giving me answers that make sense, what am I missing?
The number of board feet (b) of lumber in a 2" by 6" board of length L (in feet) is given by the equation
b=8.25/144*L
Determine the number of board feet in 2" by 6" boards of length 12ft, 16ft and 20ft
I am to come up with 3 answers based on the 3 different lengths and I keep getting decimals. I dont think the answer to 12 feet should be .6874992
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Question 522204: Figure out initial 1/5 mile at $2.00 then 0.40 each additional 1/5 a mile.
How many miles can I travel with $9.60 ?
Please explain how to complete.
Thanks so much
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Question 522232: The width of a rectangular box is 4 times its length, and its height is 6 more than its length. The volume of the box is 120ft^3 . Use the ALEKS graphing calculator to find the length of the box. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Question 522332: You have one type of coffee that sells for $2.50/lb and another type of coffee that sells for $5.10/lb. You would like to use 25 lbs more of a $5.10/lb type than the $2.50/lb type. You want the final mixture to sell for $4.10/lb.
How much of each coffee will you need to obtain the desired mixture?
If necessary, round your answers to two decimal places.
You will need
lbs of the cheaper coffee
and
lbs of the expensive coffee.
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Question 522110: A man sold half an egg ore than half his eggs. He then sold half an egg more than half his remaining eggs. He did the same a third time, and then he had 7 eggs left. How many eggs he had at first?
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Question 522443: a food drive takes in a total of 63 cans of soup, 45 loaves of bread, 72 cans of spaghetti sauce, and 36 boxes of spaghetti. what is the greatest number of identical care packages that can be put together from the items obtained.
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Question 522491: My son has a math worksheet that he needs to score at least 90% on. It has 12 problems on it. How do we figure how many problems he has to get right in order to score at least 90%?
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Question 522528: I am having a hard time with this word problem:The force of attraction between two bodies varies directly with the product of their masses and inversely with the square of the distance between them. The force of attraction is 6 pounds when masses of 64 slugs and 108 slugs are 24 feet apart. Find the force of attraction when two masses are 25 slugs each and 60 feet apart.
I know for varies directly the equation would be x=ky and the inversely is z=k/w my problem is I have a hard time pulling out the numbers and putting them in the right part of the equation.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you
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Question 522690: Translate to an equation:
d dimes and q quarters total $2.00
Graph the equation and use the graph to determine three different combinations of dimes and quarters that total $2.00.

All that I have come up with is d+q=$2.00. After that I am not sure what to do.
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Question 522759: A taxicab charges $4.25 for the first mile and $1.50 for each addtional mile. Write a rule for describing the total rate r as a function of the total miles m. What is the taxi rate for 12 miles? My answer is: 4.25 + 1.50m, $20.75
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Question 522760: Dear Tutor,
Could you help me find a answer to the following question. I would like to see the formula that you use as I cannot get an answer.
The question is. Cheynne works an 8 hour day starting at 07h30 in the morning. It is now two hours, 20 minutes before the end of her working day. What is the time now.
I converted the 8 hours into minutes. 480 minutes and then I dont know how to proceed.
I would really appreciate it if you could help me.
Thank you very much for your time,
regards
Tracey
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Question 522939: The maximum weight on an elevator is 2000 pounds
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Question 522943: Please help me solve this word problem :
The dimensions of a rectangular garden were 3m by 10m. When both dimensions were increased by equal amounts , the area of the garden doubled. Find the new dimensions.
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Question 522887: Company #1 makes 1 case every 2 seconds. Company #2 make 1 case every 3 seconds. How many seconds does it take to make 10 cases if the companies work together. What is the equation?
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Question 523043: Four times the larger of 2 numbers exceeds their sum by 25; four times the smaller number exceeds their difference by 1. What are the numbers?
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Question 523230: To remain on financial aid, Millie needs to complete an average of at least 7 credits per quarter each year. In the first three quarters of 2009, Millie completed 5, 7, and 8 credits. How many credits of course work must Millie complete in the fourth quarter if she is to remain on financial aid?
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Question 523331: My daughter (5th grade) has this homework problem. Although we found the answer the "hard" way, I wanted to know how to solve it with basic algebra, if possible. Thanks!
James has 75 pieces of candy. If he eats one piece today, two pieces tomorrow, three pieces the next day, and so on, how many days will it take him to eat all of his candy?
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Question 523639: Twelve is equal to the product of four and the difference of a number and sixteen.
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Question 523743: If each side of Square X increases by 3 feet, the area increases by 63 square feet. What is the perimeter of Square X?
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Question 523744: Two cars start from points 400 miles apart and travel toward each other. They meet after 4 hours. Find the average speed of each car if one travels 20 miles per hour faster than the other.
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Question 524106: perimeter of a rectangle is 56 m
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Question 524106: perimeter of a rectangle is 56 m
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Question 524055: during the last winter carnival the local college students built a 30-ft snowman out of 100 tons of snow. How much snow will be needed to build a 36-ft snowman this year?
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Question 524125: The perimeter of a rectangle is 190 inches.
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Question 524149: soybean meal is 18%
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Question 524249: After a period of particularly bad weather,the parliament of franistan decreed that there would no longer be any weather on even numbered calendar dates.During one of the months following that decree, three Mondays had no weather! on what
day of the week did the 13th of that month occur ?
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Question 524207: Alvin paddled for 5 hours with a 2-km/h current to reach a campsite. The return trip against the same current took 7 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 524205: A coffee counter charges $9.00 per pound for french roast, $8.00 a pound for sumantra. How much of each type should be used to make a 20 pound blend that sells for $8.65 per pound?
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Question 524324: A store is offering a 20% off sale. What is the sale price of a coffee maker that originally sold for $36?
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Question 524404: A bathtub can be filled by the cold water faucet in 8 minutes and by the hot water faucet in 12 minutes. How long does it take to fill the tub if both faucets are open?
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