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Question 105782: A plane took 1 hour longer to travel 560 miles on the first portion of a flight than it took to fly 480 miles on the second portion. If the speed was the same for each portion, what was the flying time for the second part of the trip?
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Question 105844: I am on vacation and doing independent study and this problem is giving me a headache. Could you please help?
Four time the sum of the distance from Apia to Austin, Texas and the distance from Apia and Noumea is about 47,000 kilometers. How far is Austin?
The distance from Apia and Noumea is 2,480 kilometers
Here is what I have tried --
x= Austin
4x + 2480 = 47,000
4x = 47,000 - 2480
4x = 44520
x = 11130
I know the answer is 9270 (teacher gave me the answers)
Could you please help
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Question 106151: Folding Sheet Metal: A square is to be cut from each corner of an 8 inch by 11 inch rectangular piece of copper and the sides are to be folded up to form a box. If the area of the bottom is to be 50 inches squared, what size square should be cut from each corner?
I've tried and gotten this far:
(11-2x)(8-2x)=?
(88-22x)(-16x+4x^2)
22(4-x)-4x(4-x)
22-4x=? 4-x=?
I'm not sure what it is supposed to equal. I have tried several different answers. I have set it equal to 50 inches squared, 50 inches, 88 inches, and 44 inches. If you can help me with this problem, I would appreciate it! Thank you!
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Question 106227: X baskets of strawberries were put on sale on Monday. The unsold baskets of any day were put on sale the next day. 1/3 of the baskets were sold on Monday. 2/3 of those put on sale on Tuesday were unsold. 8 baskets were put on sale on Wednesday. What is X?
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Question 106348: Cassy had a bag of candy and was heading to the playground when she was intercepted by her arch nemesis, Rachelle. Rachelle thought Cassy had made fun of her the pervious day, so Rachelle tried to grab the bag of candy away from Cassy. In the ensuing battle, half the candy plus two pieces fell on the ground. Cassy maintained control of the bag and ran to the office to tattle on Rachelle. On the way to the office Cassy ran into Julio, whom she had a crush on. She gave Julio some of the candy in her bag, which just happened to be equal to one-fourth of what was left, plus five pieces. Just before Cassy got to theoffice her best friend Madison caught up with her. Cassy gave Madison half of the candy she had left. When Cassy got to the office and told the story to the principal, he asked to see the bag of candy. He told Cassy he would talk to Rachelle, but that it was against school policy to have candy on the campus. He then ate the remaining two pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy were originally in the bag?
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Question 106348: Cassy had a bag of candy and was heading to the playground when she was intercepted by her arch nemesis, Rachelle. Rachelle thought Cassy had made fun of her the pervious day, so Rachelle tried to grab the bag of candy away from Cassy. In the ensuing battle, half the candy plus two pieces fell on the ground. Cassy maintained control of the bag and ran to the office to tattle on Rachelle. On the way to the office Cassy ran into Julio, whom she had a crush on. She gave Julio some of the candy in her bag, which just happened to be equal to one-fourth of what was left, plus five pieces. Just before Cassy got to theoffice her best friend Madison caught up with her. Cassy gave Madison half of the candy she had left. When Cassy got to the office and told the story to the principal, he asked to see the bag of candy. He told Cassy he would talk to Rachelle, but that it was against school policy to have candy on the campus. He then ate the remaining two pieces of candy. How many pieces of candy were originally in the bag?
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Question 106446: Please help me with this word problem.One day, the temperature at 2:00 A.M. was 43°F, and by 3:00 P.M. the temperature was 56°F. What was the hourly rate of temperature change? I came up with 1°F/h. Thank-you
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Question 106449: A rectangular corral built with 190 meters of fencing that includes four separate grazing areas lies on a 962 meters squared rectangular plot of land. The fence that divides the grazing areas is parallel to two of the sides of the corral. If there is a 1 meter strip of land between each side of the corral and the property line, find the dimensions fo the corral. There may be more than one answer.
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Question 106414: An escalator in a department store moves down at the rate of sixty-four steps per minute. Wendy can walk up ordianry steps at the rate of ninety-six steps per minute. In the store, forty-eight steps go from on level to another. Wendy walks up the down escalator. How long will it take her to go up one level?
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Question 106484: University of CT Scored 8 more points during the second half than during the first half. University of CT scored 62 points in all. How many points did they score in each half of the game?
Can you please show the steps for this problem?
Thank you very much!
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Question 106528: Please help me, Please.
A retired couple has $130,000 to invest to obtain annual income. They want some of it invested in safe Certificates of Deposit yielding 5%. The rest they want to invest in AA bonds yielding 10% per year. How much should they invest in each to realize exactly %10,500 per year?
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Question 106618: World grain demand. Freeport McMoRan projects that in 2010 world grain supply will be 1.8 trillion metric tons and the supply will only be 3/4 of world grain demand. What will world grain demand in 2010 be?
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Question 106622: We need help solving this word problem:
You rent a mountain bike & helmet for $10/hr; if you have your own helmet, $7/hr; or you can buy a helmet for $28. How many hours do you need to use the trail to justify buying the helmet?
This is what we did to solve the problem:
10 - 7 * X = 28
3x = 28
we divided each side by 3 and ended up with with a decimal
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Question 106747: Mike and Matthew are each responsible for mowing half of their 60 foot by 100 foot rectangular back yard. MIke starts mowing at an outside corner, gradually working his way toward the middle by mowing around the outside edges. If the mower cuts a 3-foot-wide path, during which trip around the yard should Mike stop and Matthew start mowing?
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Question 106793This question is from textbook
: Angela needs 20 quarts of 50% antifreeze solution in her radiator. She plans to obtain this by mixing some pure antifreeze with an appropriate amount of 40% antifreeze solution. How many quarts of each should she use?This question is from textbook
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Question 106908: The cost in dollars of manufacturing w wing nuts is given by the expression 0.07w + 13.3. Find the cost when 375 wing nuts are made. What is the average cost to manufacture one wing nut?
Please help have no idea how to get started.
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Question 106907: The cost in dollars of manufacturing w wing nuts is given by the expression 0.07w + 13.3. Find the cost when 375 wing nuts are made. What is the average cost to manufacture one wing nut?
Please help have no idea how to get started.
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