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Question 174046: 1. A rectangle whose perimeter is 46 feet has a length that is 8 feet longer than its width. what are the dimensions of the rectangle?
2. The width of a rectangle is half the size of its length. the perimeter is 27 feet. what are the dimensions?
3. Ivana Tinkles balance on her credit card is $4500. She pays back 1/3 of her balance. How much did she pay back?
4. What is her new balance?
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Question 174025: The lenght of the sides of a triangle are consecutive even integers. Find the lenght of the longest side if it is 22 units shorter that the perimeter.
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Question 174031: a rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. if both its dimensions are are increased by 4m, its area is increased by 88 m squared. find dimensions of original rectangle.
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Question 174134: A brick patio is twice as long as it is wide. It is bordered on all sides by a garden 1.5m wide. Find the dimensions of the patio if the area of the garden is 54m^2.
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Question 174133: A poster is 25cm taller than it is wide. It is mounted on a piece of cardboard so that there is a 5cm border on all sides If the area of the border alone is 1350cm^2, what are the dimensions of the poster.
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Question 174132: A rectangle swimming pool is three times as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5m wide. Find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265m^2.
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Question 174130: A rectangle is twice al long as it is wide. If both its dimensions are increased by 4m, its area is increased by 88m^2. Mak a sketch and find the dimension of the original rectangle.
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Question 174026: the lengths of the sides of the sides of a triangle are consecutive even integers. find the length of the longest side if it is 22 units shorter than the perimeter.
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Question 174071: a total of 15 delegates from Asia, Africa, America, and Europe meet at an international confrence. Each continent sends a different number of delegates and each has at least one delegate.
America and asia send a toal of 6
asia and Europe send a total of 7
Which continent has sent 4 delegates?
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Question 174169: A house had two rooms of equal area. One room is square and the other roon is a rectangle 4ft narrower and 5ft longer than the square one. Find the area of each room.
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Question 174172: A rectangle is twice as long as it is wide. If both its dimensions are increasd by 4m, its area is increased by 88m^2. Make a sketch and find the dimensions of the original rectangle.
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Question 174171: A rectangular swimming pool is three times as long as it is wide and is surrounded by a deck 2.5m wide. Find the dimensions of the pool if the area of the deck is 265m^2.
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Question 174170: A poster is 25cm taller than it is wide. It is mounted on a piece of cardboard so that there is a 5cm border on all sides. If the area of the border alone is 1350cm^2, what are the dimensions of the poster?
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Question 174219: what is the leastcommon denominator of 3/a, 3/b, 1/5
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Question 174217: how do you solve 10x^2-30x+20/x^2-1
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Question 174218: how do you solve x^2-9/x+2*x^2-4/x-3
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Question 172039: Solve the problem that involves computing expected values in a game of chance.
A game is played using one die. If the die is rolled and shows a 2, the player wins $8. If the die shows any number other than 2, the player wins nothing. If there is a charge of $1 to play the game, what is the game's expected value?
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Question 174273: two jets leave chicago at 8am one traveling north at 650 km/h and the other at 750km/h. at what time will they be 3500 km apart. ive tried w+8(w+1)=w(w+6)+ 56, but the problem seemed to go in circles. please help me!!!
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Question 174279: A store sold 102 record albums during a two-day sale. Twice as many albums were sold the second day as the first. How many albums were sold the first day?
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Question 174280: If three times a number is increased by 11, the results is 68. Find the number.
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Question 174281: A bank contains 57 nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 8 more dimes than quarters and 5 more nickels than dimes. How much money is in the bank?
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Question 174293: jon plays basketball but recently injured his kneeand had to have surgery.he hopesto be able to bend his knee a full 110 degrees in six weeks so he can play in the playoffs. after one week of physical therapy he can bend his knee at a 50 degree angle, after two weeks he can bend it 65 degrees and after three 78 degrees.will his knee be fully recovered in time for the playoffs?
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Question 174313: Ziggy’s Famous Yogurt blends regular yogurt that is 3% fat with its no-fat yogurt to obtain lowfat yogurt that is 1% fat. How many pounds of regular yogurt and how many pounds of no-fat yogurt should be mixed to obtain 60 pounds of low-fat yogurt?

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Question 174315: A farmer uses 1034 meters of fencing to enclose a rectangular region and also to subdivide the region into three smaller rectangular regions by placing a fence parrallel to one of the sides,. Find the dimensions that produce the greatest enclosed area and find that area.
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Question 174318: The fuel efficiency for a cetain midsize car is given by: E(v0 = -0.0235 v^2 + 2.768v - 53.85, where E(v) is the fuel efficiency in mpg for a car traveling v mph. What speed will yield the maximum fuel efficiency, and what is taht max fuel efficiency?
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Question 174316: At 12:00 noon Ship A is 80 miles due north of Ship B and is sailing north at a rate of 13 knots. Ship B is sailing east at a rate of 11 knots. Write the distance between the ships as a function of time, where T=0 represents 12:00 noon and determine how far apart (in miles) the two ships will be at 5pm
(1 Knot = 1.15mph)
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Question 174380: Can you help me with this?
Evaluate the negative exponent term: 4-^2 (Hint: Think ‘reciprocal’ to help you find)
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Question 174403: 38) find all solution between 0 through 2pi
2sin^2x+ 3sinx+1=0
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Question 174402: 28) find all solution between o through 2pi
2sin^2x= 2+cosx
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Question 174400: 20)solve
sinx(sinx+1)=0
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Question 174401: 22)
solve: tan3x(tanx-1)=0
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Question 174399: 18)
solve the equation: tan^2 3x=3
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Question 174429: Susie,Joey and Linda went to the carnival. Susie brought 2 funnel cakes and a cotton candy for $13. Joey brought a funnel cake, a cotton candy, and a large soda for $12. Linda brought 2 bags of cotton candy and a large soda for $10. How much did each item cost?
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Question 174440: 14. find the exact value of sin,cos,tan for this equation
7pi/12= pi/3+pi/4

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Question 174458: 46. find the values of sinu/2 cosu/2 tanu/2
cosu=3/5
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Question 174457: 42. use half angle formula to find cos sin and tan of 67 degrees and 30'
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Question 174455: Solve:

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Question 173363: I have a challenge for all of you. Suppose you have a friend named Ed. He and his four friends are having ice cream. There are only three flavors available at the ice cream store they are visiting: chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. One of Ed’s friends, Stacey, eats chocolate exclusively. How many different kinds of cones can they make? They may have only singles, doubles, and triples. Create one or more number sentences that would support your conclusions.
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Question 174476: solve this problem algaebraically 12. sin2xsinx=cosx
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Question 174442: 36. sin(u-v) sin u=5/13
cosv=-3/5
find the exact value
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Question 174530: at a certain highschool, the respective weights for the following subjects are:
Math 3, engish 3, histry 3, science 2, art 1. What is the students average whose marks are the following geometry 89, american literature 92, american history 94, biology 81, sculpture 85? i tried averaging but cant get the ans. i am doing a prcaitce exam test, the answer is 88.9. please be as descriptive as possible, i have a few other similar problem, in the practice book.
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