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Question 42392: Express the product of a number increased by 15, and the number -8.
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Question 42392: Express the product of a number increased by 15, and the number -8.
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Question 42398: simplify (show your work)
-6^2 + (-1)^4
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Question 42398: simplify (show your work)
-6^2 + (-1)^4
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Question 42374: Between 1950 and 1997, did the production of motor vehicles increases by a greater percentage in canada or europe?

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Question 42374: Between 1950 and 1997, did the production of motor vehicles increases by a greater percentage in canada or europe?

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Question 42372: Between 1950 and 1997, did the production of motor vehicles increases by a greater percentage in canada or europe?

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Question 42399: Ifvthe ratio of fast readers to slow readers was 9 to 5, and there were 2,100 readers in all, how many were fast readers? (show your work)
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Question 42400: When a number was multiplied by 4 and then product decreased by 17, the result was 1 less than three times the nunber. Find the number. (show your work)
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Question 42397: Simplify: (3 1/2) ÷ (2 3/5) × (1 1/4) ÷ (7/13)
(show your work)
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Question 42408: Which number is equivalent to 2/5?
A) 2 and 1/2
B) 0.4
C) 5/2
D) 2 and 1/5
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Question 42406: Frozen (quarter-pound)hamburger patties cost $5.80 for 12. How many can be purchased for $7.00?
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Question 42406: Frozen (quarter-pound)hamburger patties cost $5.80 for 12. How many can be purchased for $7.00?
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Question 42406: Frozen (quarter-pound)hamburger patties cost $5.80 for 12. How many can be purchased for $7.00?
Show your work
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Question 42409: which expression represents an example of the distributive property?
A) 2 (x + 3)= 2x + 5
B) 2 (x + 3) = 2x + 6
C) 2 (x+3) = 2x + 23
D) 2 (x + 3)= 2x + 3
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Question 42401: A boy and a girl work together to type a thesis and it takes them 6 hours. It would take the girl 5 hours more than the boy to type the thesis alone. How long would each need to type the thesis alone?
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Question 41668: Determine the Richter scale measure (two decimal places) of an earthquake having an intensity of I=101,620,000Io
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Question 42402: Something similar i'm lost on :(

What was the percent increase in countries outside the United States in 1950 to 1997?
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Question 42511: The length of one of the equal legs of an isosceles triangle is 8 cm less than 4 times the length of the base. If the perimeter is 29 cm, find the length of one of the equal legs.
I believe it is 11cm.Am I right?
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Question 42524: The length of a rectangle is 2 cm more than twice its width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 52 cm, find the dimensions of the rectangle.
let the width of the rectangle is x cm
then length of the rectangle will be 2x+2
given perimeter of the rectangle is 52 cm
=>2*(x+(2x+2))=52
=>2*(3x+2)=52
=>3x+2=26
=>3x=24
=>x=8
hence lenghth of the rectangle is 18cm and width is 8cm
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Question 42519: Elaine was charged $195 interest for 1 month on a $1000 credit card balance. What was the monthly interest rate?
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Question 42515: An arithmetic student needs an average of 70 or more to receive credit for the course. She scored 82, 64, and 98 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 42637: Farmland conversions: The amount of farmland in the US is decreasing by one acre
every 0.00876 hours as farmland is being onverted to non farmland use. At what
rate in acres per day is the farmland decreasing?
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Question 42681:
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Question 42678: What is the fahrenheit tempature that corresponds of the following celsius temperature 100 ; Celsius tempetature readings can be converted to Fahrenheit readings using the Formula F=9/5 C+32. What is the fahrenheit tempature that corresponds of the following celsius temperature;

100
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Question 42677: What is the fahrenheit tempature that corresponds of the following celsius temperature0 ; Celsius tempetature readings can be converted to Fahrenheit readings using the Formula F=9/5 C+32. What is the fahrenheit tempature that corresponds of the following celsius temperature;

0
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Question 42725:
The cost of producinga number of items x is given by C = mx +b,in which b is the fixed cost and m is the variable cost (the cost of producing one more item)

graph the cost equation.

C = mx+b
m=10
b=40
so
x=10x+40
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Question 42773: Susan and Joan are diving for golf balls in a large water trap. Susan recovers a golf ball every 0.016 hour while Joan recovers a ball every 0.025 hour. If both are working, then at what rate(in golf ball per hour) are they recovering golf balls?
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Question 42771: The expression pie(r square gives the area of a circle with radius r. How many square meters of wheate were destroyed when an alien ship made a crop circle of diameter 25 meters in the wheat field at the Southwind Ranch? Find pie on your
calculator.
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Question 42768: There were 600 people at a play. The admission price was $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for children. The admission receipts were $1100. How many adults and children attended?
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Question 42761: Helen has 1/5 of her portfolio in European stocks,1/8 of her portfolio in European stocks, and 1/10 of her portfolio in Japanese stocks. The remainder is invested in municipal bonds. What fraction of her portfolio is invested in municipal bonds? What percent is invested in municipal bonds?
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Question 42770: A forensics scientist uses the expression 72.6+ 2.5T to estimate the height in centimeters of a female with a tibia of length T centimeters. If a female skeleton has a tibia of length 32.4 cm, then what was the height of the person? Find the length of your tibia in centimeters, and use the expression from this exercise or previous exercise to estimate your height.
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Question 42860: The ratio of men to women at a certain company is 3 to 2. How many female employees does the company have if there are 70 employees?
Please and thank you!
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Question 42890: A guy wire of length 50 feet is attached to the ground and to the top of an antenna. The height of the antenna is 10 feet larger than the distance from the base of the antenna to the point where the guy wire is attached to the ground. What is the height of the antenna?
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Question 42979: The cost C (in dollars) of manufacturing x cell phones is given by:
C(x) = 5x^2 - 200x + 4000.
How many cell phones should be manufactured to minimize the cost?
a. 2000
b. 400
c. 100
d. 20
e. None of the others

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Question 42981: What is the equation of the axis of symmetry for the quadratic function f(x) = -3x2 + 3x - 2?
a. x = 1/2
b. x = -1/2
c. x = 0
d. x = -3
e. None of the others

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Question 43003: The length of a rectangle is 8 in. more than twice it's width. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 64 in., find the width of the rectangle.
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Question 43028: An 18-ft board is cut into two pieces, one of which is 4 ft longer than the other. How long is each piece?
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Question 42980: The price p and the quantity x sold of a certain product obey the demand equation:
p = -1/3x + 100
Which of the following is a correct function for revenue, R?
a. R(x) = -1/3x + 100
b. R(x) = -1/3x^2 + 100x
c. R(x) = 1/3x - 100
d. R(x) = 1/3x^2 - 100x
e. None of the others
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Question 43035: How many quarts of water dose one add to 6 quarts of a 60% alcohol solution to create a 40% alchohol solution. I worked it oout to 2 qt. is that right. Thanks for looking it over with me.
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