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Question 169112: Forty eight more than the second of three consecutive odd integers is the sum of the first and 2/3 of the third. Find the three integers.
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Question 169110: Find four consecutive integers such that the sum of the first three exceeds twice the greatest integer by 4.
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Question 169111: Twice the smallest of three consecutive odd integers is seven more than the largest. Find the integers.
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Question 169244: If 3 is added to a certain number and the sum multiplied by 2, the result is the same as nine subtracted from three times the number. Find this number.
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Question 169240: Divide 556 into two parts such that if the larger part is added to 12 and the smaller part is added to 18 the resulting sums would be equal.
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Question 169298: The sum of two numbers is 23. The larger number of two numbers is one less than twice the smaller. Find the numbers.
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Question 169334: The unit digit of a two-digit number exceeds the tens digit by 2. Find the number if it is 4 times the sum of its digit.
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Question 169333: The denominator of a fraction is 1 more than the numerator. If the numerator is decreased by one and the denominator is increased by 2, the value of the fraction becomes 2/3. Find the fraction.
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Question 169605: The sum of 3 numbers is 137. The 2nd number is 4 more than twice the first number and the 3rd number is 5 less than 3 times the first. What are the numbers? And what is the formula for finding the numbers please?
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Question 169465: The perimeter of a rectangular backyard is 6x + 6 yards. If the width is x yards, find a binomial that represents the length.
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Question 169638: The larger of two numbers is one less than twice the smaller number. The difference of thier squares is 33 . Find the numbers.
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Question 169734: Hello I just wanted to make sure this was right
a-ten more than the integer
b-six less than the integer
c-four times the integer
d-2/3 of the integer
e-the integer increased by seven
f-the integer decreased by three
a-x+10
b-x-6
c-4x
d-(2/3)(x)
e-x+7
f-x-3
thanks in advance

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Question 169919: 6.What number when divided by one half is twelve less than three times the number?
F 24
G -12
H 12
J 18
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Question 169920: 6.What number when divided by one half is twelve less than three times the number?
F 24
G -12
H 12
J 18
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Question 169920: 6.What number when divided by one half is twelve less than three times the number?
F 24
G -12
H 12
J 18
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Question 170147: You are going to make a box out of cardboard. The box needs to measure 10 cm by 5 cm by 5 cm; 10% of the final product will be wasted in the cutting process. How much cardboard do you need?
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Question 170280: how would you write 17 more than twice a number is 11 less than 4 times the number
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Question 170380: The Sum of three numbers is 123. The Second Number is 9 Less than two times the first number. The third number is 6 more than three times the first number. Find the three numbers
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Question 170399: A certian radioactive substance decays according to the formula A(t)=e^-0.0063t where t is time in days. What is the half life of this substance (to the nearest day)?
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Question 170406: The least of 3 consecutive integers is divided by 10, the next is divided by 17, and the greatest is divided by 26. What are the numbers if the sum of the quotient is 10?
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Question 170430: The sum of 3 numbers is 33. The 2nd number is 7 less than the 1st, and the 3rd is three times the second. What are the numbers?
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Question 170446: Find two consecutive integers such that the sum of one-third the first and one-fourth the second is nine.
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Question 170444: The perimeter of a rectangle is 22 cm. The length is 7 cm longer than the width. What are the length and width of the rectangle?
I figure p = 22 cm; l = 7 cm + width; l + w = 22 cm; 2l + 2w = 22 cm;
I don't know where to go from there. I'm sorry. I really appreciate your help. (Pre-Algebra didn't prepare me for algebra word problems.) This does not come from a textbook, but from a sample test from the head of the Math Dept. Thank you very much.
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Question 170484: Can you please help me solve the following word problem and the formula used to solve it?
A two digit number is 6 times the sum of it digits. Two times the units digit is three more than the tens digit. Find the units. The multiple choice answers are: a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 e)6
thank you for your help, Phillip
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Question 170547: The product of the page numbers on two consecutive pages of a boko is 600. Find the page numbers.
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Question 170548: The length of one leg of a right triangle is 18 ft. The length of the hypotenuse is 6ft longer than the other leg. Find the length of the hypotenuse and the other leg.
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Question 170686: Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction of the barn that they complete in one day by working together. Evaluate the expression for x=5.
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Question 170679: What is the sum of the digits used to form the integers from 45 to 100, inclusive?
I don't know where to start with this problem. Any help is appeciated!
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Question 170759: 11 less than a 4 times some number is the same as the quotient of the number and 3. Find the number
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Question 170760: when two-thirds of a number is added to one-fourth of the same number, the result is 8 more than the original number. find the number
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Question 170677: Find a five digit number in which the second and fourth digits are the same, the third digit is the sum of the first and second, the fifth digit is the sum of the third and fourth and the third digit is one more than the first and one less than the fifth. The sum of all the digits is 14.
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Question 170804: I have two secret numbers. Each has two digits. The secret numbers have the same digits, only reversed. The difference between the two numbers is 54, and the sum of the digits in each number is 10. what are my two secret numbers?
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Question 170812: If the sum of two consecutive numbers is 9. If two times the 1st number is less than 3 times the 2nd number is 7. what are the two numbers?
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Question 170990: Find 5 consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first and the fifth is one less than 3 times the fourth.
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Question 171101: I've been having trouble trying to figure out this math problem. I'm really bad at math.
Find three consecutive even numbers such that the sum of the smallest and twice the second is 20 more than the third.
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Question 171121: find three consecutive odd integers such that three times the second minus the third is 11 more than the first
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Question 171298: The sum of three numbers is 123. The second number is 9 less than two times the first number. The third number is 6 more than three times the first number. Find the three numbers.
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Question 171304: i am a three digit number less than 200. i am divisible by 9 and 12 .my units digit is less than my ten digit .what am I
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Question 171315: The difference of two positive numbers is 14. The larger is twice the smaller decreased by 3. Find the two numbers.
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Question 171523: two consecutive integers whose sum is 29
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Question 171523: two consecutive integers whose sum is 29
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Question 171591: In a list of numbers,the first is 2,the second is 7,and each subsequent number is the sum of all the preceding numbers.What is the fifth number in the list.

If the 100th number in the list is x,what is the 103rd number in the list?

The sum of two numbers is 19.If 5 times the smaller number is 3 less than twice the larger number,what are the numbers?
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Question 171936: twice the result of subtracting an unknown number from five is eight.find the number
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Question 171991: find 2 numbers with the mean of 14 and a difference of 4
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