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Question 81396: In 1981 Vladameir set a world record of 19ft3/4 inch for the pole vault. To reach that height he obtained a speed of approx. 36ft per second on the runway. The formula h=-16t^2+36t gives his height t seconds after leaving the ground. Use the formula to find the exact values of t for which his height was 18 ft.
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Question 81628: Keith and Chi-An are playing a game. Keith chooses a positive integer less than 100. Chi-An then tries to guess Keith's number by asking questions to which Keith answers yes or no. What is the number of questions Chi-An must ask so that, even if she is unlucky, she will always be able to identify the number?
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Question 81573: the length of a rectangle is 8in more than its witdth. If 4in are taken off from the width the figure becomes a square with the area of 225 square in. What are the diamensions of the original figure?
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Question 81627: Natalie and Courtney each have 49 cents and they each have 12 coins. Natalie has a coin with a value different from any of Courtney's. How many nickels does Courtney have?
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Question 81632: Help please!! I am stumped, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank You
Adult tickets for a play cost $9 and child tickets cost $8. If there were 23 people at a performance and the theater collected $193 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?

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Question 81748: could someone explain to me how to find the parts of a rectangle step by step this is the problem:
The length of a rectangle is 3 in. more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 36 in., find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 81746: some help would be wonderful.Thanks
One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number.
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Question 81701: A rectangular garden is to be surrounded by a walkway of constant width. The garden's dimensions are 30 ft by 40 ft. The total area, garden plus walkway, is to be 1800 ft2. What must be the width of the walkway to the nearest thousandth?
thanks
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Question 81799: Looking for some help setting up and solving this problem-Thanks!: One number is 4 times another. If the sum of their reciprocals is 5/36 , find the two numbers.
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Question 81798: Can someone help with this word problem: The profit on a watch is given by P = x2 – 13x – 80, where x is the number of watches sold per day. How many watches were sold on a day when there was a $50 loss?
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Question 81842: going skiing leon drove 270 miles to the lodge in the same time as pat drove to the lodge if pat drove 10 miles poer hour faster than lon then how fast did each of them drive?
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Question 82059: A SCIENTIST WANTS TO KNOW THE NUMBER OF FISH IN A CERTAIN LAKE.SHE CAPTURES 15 FISH,PLACES TAGS ON THEM AND RE-RELEASES THEM INTO THE LAKE. THE NEXT DAY SHE CAPTURES 15 MORE FISH . TWO OF THESE FISH HAVE TAGS. aBOUT HOW MANY FISH ARE IN THE LAKE?
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Question 82050: 500 milliliters of 20% acid solution needs to be combined with what percent solution to get 800 milliliters of 38 solution?
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Question 82115: Could someone please explain step by step how to work this word problem.
A small company produces both standard and deluxe playhouses. The standard playhouses take 12 hours of labor to produce, and the total production capacity is 50 items per week. Existing orders require the company to produce at least 10 standard playhouses and 15 deluxe playhouses per week. Write a system of inequalities representing this situation, where x is the number of standard playhouses and y is the number of deluxe playhouses. Then graph the system of inequalities.
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Question 82130: Adult tickets for a play cost $20 and child tickets cost $13. If there were 29 peole at a performance and the theater collected $510 from ticket sales, how many children attended the play?
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Question 82129: please help.
The length of one of the equal legs of an isosceles triangle is 8cm less than 4 times the length of the base. If the pereminter is 29cm, find the length of one of the equal legs.
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Question 82229: please help.
The length of a rectangle in 9in. more than twice its width. If the peremiter of the rectangle is 48in.,find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 82345: Ed and Dave are going to divide a cash prize of $14,000 in a ratio of 2 to 5. How much will Dave receive?

Thanks.
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Question 82417: an arithemetic student needs an average of 70 or more to receive credit for the course. She scored 72, 66, 68 on the first three exams. Write an inequality representing the score she must get on the last test to receive credit for the course.
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Question 82469: an employee who produces x units per hour earns an hourly wage of y=0.75x +8 (in dollars) find the hourly wage for an employee who produces 15 units per hour.
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Question 82424: The length of a rectangle is 4 times the width, and the area is 256 square feet. Find the length and the widthe of the rectangle.
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Question 82475: The degree three polynomial f(x) with real coefficients and leading coefficient 1, has -3 and + 4i among its roots. Express f(x) as a product of linear and quadratic polynomials with real coefficients.

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Question 82474: A bacteria culture started with a count of 720 at 8:00 A.M., and after (t) hours is expected to grow to f(t)= 720{3/2}t. Estimate the number of bacteria in the culture at 11:00 A.M. the same day.
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Question 82509: The directions on a concentrated cleaner state that 3 tablespoons of concentrate make 345 ounces of cleaning fluid. How many ounces of cleaning fluid will 2 tablespoons of cleaner make?

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Question 82514: A two-digit counting number has a value that is 7 times the sum of its digits. If 5 times the units' digit is 9 more than the tens' digit, what is the number.
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Question 82516: the sum of two numbers is 141. One is 37 more than the other. find the numbers.
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Question 82519: Mary has 70 coins, all quaters and dimes. Ther are 30 more quarters than dimes. Find how many of each she has.
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Question 82517: Marc has 150 coins, all dimes and nickles. He has 12 more dimes than nickles. How many nickles and dimes does he have?
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Question 82544: adult tickets for a play cost $15 and child tickets cost $1. If there were 30 people at a performance and the theater collected $268 from ticket sales, how many adults and how many children attened the play?
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Question 82588: If points A, B, and C lie on a coordinate line and points A and B have coordinates 15 and 7 respectively, then which of the possible coordinates for point C satisfy(ies) d(A,C)< d(B,C)?
The answers are: a) 12
b) 17
c) both (a) and (b)
d) neither (a) nor (b)
This is my solution, but I don't know if it's correct.
(17-15)=2 (12-15)= -3
(7-17)=-10 (7-12)= -5
My answer was neither (a) nor (b). Could you please confirm? Thank you.

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Question 82605: In local election 2 candidates stood for office.
After results the loser concluded by saying "The winning margin of my opponent
was a mere 6 2/3% (six and two thirds percent) of the Total votes"
The loser also said that if he could have persuaded 12 people to vote for him instead of his opponent then he would have won office by a mere 1 vote.
How many voted for each candidate???
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So far i get the following
TOTALvotes=X votes + Y votes
Winning margin =(20/3)% x TOTALvotes = 0.0666666 x TOTALvotes
(LOSERvotes + 12)-(WINNERvotes - 12)=1
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I dont know how to proceed any further. Can you please assist?
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Question 82606: The sum of the digits of a two-digit counting number was 11. When the digits were reversed, the new number was 10 more than one-half the original number. What was the original number?
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Question 82610: To whom it may concern: I would like to pay some money for answering my algebra problems, but I do not have a paypal account. So if someone can Email me an address, I would gladly like to send some money to help support these tutors.
Thank you

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Question 82506: Find the length x. Express your answer in simplified radical form
The known dimensions are 20 cm and 15 cm.
Thank you.
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Question 82634: Can you please help me with answering this question and include step by step explanation? Thank you in advance.
The price of an item is given by p=2x -100. Find the polynomial that represents the revenue generated from the sale of x items.
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Question 82660: Two cars where sold at auction to a buyer who paid a total of $2000.00 for both cars. If the more expensive of the two cars was $240 less than three times the price of the cheaper car, how much was the more expensive car?
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Question 82658: Kelly is nine years older than her sister
Kelly's age is one more than twice her sisters age.
whats is kelly's age?
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Question 82776: The population of corona is currently about 140,000. the city's population is growing(exponentially) at a rate of about 4% per year. Write an equation that expresses the current population of Corona,y, at any time,t, years from now. [for t=0, y=140,000]
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Question 82833: The label of the varnish you bought says that an average quart covers 100 sq ft.
a. Write an equation that relates the area you will varnish to the number of quarts of varnish that you need.
b. Write another equation that relates the number of quarts of varnish that you need to the area you will varnish.
c. How much varnish will you need for an area of 8 ft by 60 ft or 480 sq ft?
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Question 82984This question is from textbook introductory algebra
: one printing press can print the first edition of a book in 55 mins, whereas a second printing press requires 66 min to print the same number of copies. how long would it take to print the first edition with both presses operating?This question is from textbook introductory algebra

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Question 83052: Anne and Nancy use a metal alloy that is 15% copper to make jewelry. How many ounces of a 13% alloy must be mixed with a 19% alloy to form 96 ounces of the desired alloy?
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Question 83053: The speed of a stream is 6mph. If a boat travels 60 miles downstream in the same time that it takes to travel 30 miles upstream, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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Question 83067: Please help me factor out this polynomial: 6x^2-7x-5.
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