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Question 185003: the price of a sweater is $5 less than twice the price of a shirt.if four shirts and three sweaters cost$275,find the cost of each shirt and sweater.
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Question 189586: can you please help me find two numbers whose sum is 63 and whose difference is 5
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Question 189723: A box has dimensions that have consecutive numbers for its length, width and height, the height having the smallest of the three dimensions. If the length and width are increased by 2 cm and the height is doubled, the volume now becomes 192 cm3 greater than the original box. What are the dimensions of the original box?
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Question 190061: the sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 7. The tens digit is one less than 3 times the units digit. Find the number.
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Question 190156: Find two numbers whose difference is 10 and of whose sum is 11.
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Question 190518: To get a C you need an average between 70-80. Kims scores are 76, 60, and 87 on each 100 point test. What scores are possible for the fourth test so she will have a C.
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Question 190743: find three consecutive odd integers so that the sum of three times the sum of the first and the third is 28 less than two times the second
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Question 191024: If all the six-digit numbers formed by using the digits 1,2,3,4,5, and 6, without repetition, are listed from least to greatest, which number will be 500th in the list?
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Question 191224: The sum of the three numbers 138. the second is 5 more than the smallest and the third is 10 more than the smallest.
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Question 191549: Stuck on a word problem:
After 5 months, the number of viewers of The Weekly Show on TV was 5.73 million. After 8 months, the number of viewers of the show rose to 6.27 million. Assume that the linear model applies.
*Write an equation expressing the number of viewers, V, after x months.
*Interpret the slope and the intercepts of the line in part a).
*Use the equation you found to predict the number of viewers of the show after 11 months
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Question 192186: The product of two consecutive odd integers is 575 what are the integers.
x= 1st number
x+2=2nd number
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Question 192238: The additive inverse of a number divided by 12 is the same as one less than three times its reciprocal. Find the number.
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Question 192238: The additive inverse of a number divided by 12 is the same as one less than three times its reciprocal. Find the number.
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Question 192295: Andy's average driving speed for a 4-hour trip was 45 mph. During that first 3 hours he drove 40 mph. What was his average speed for the last hour of his trip?
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Question 192463: The product of five consecutive odd whole numbers is 40,565. What are the five numbers ?
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Question 192593: Find two positive integers whose difference is 4 and whose product is 96
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Question 192944: 3 times the first of three consecutive numbers is 4 more than 2 times the second.
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Question 193201: two angels are complementary. the measure of the smaller angel is 23 degrees less than the measure of the larger angel. find the measures of the angels.
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Question 193198: the sum of two numbers is 97. the difference of the two numbers is 57. find the two numbers
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Question 193360: Jeff takes 5 hr longer to build a fence than it takes Bill. When they work together, it takes them 6 hours. How long would it take Bill to do the job alone?
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Question 193378: Please explain the following question for me. Find three consecutive odd integers such that the sum of the first, two times the second, and three times the third is 70.
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Question 194658: The sum of two numbers is 13. The larger number is 1 more than 3 times the smaller number. What are the numbers?
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Question 194687: motorboat traveling with the current can go 24 miles in 2 hours. Against the same current it takes 3 hours to go the same distance. find the rate of the boat in calm water and the rate of the current.
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Question 194686: LS Antifreese contains 74% ethylene glycol. BT oil Antifreeze contains 58% ethylene glycol. How many gallons of each antifreeze must be used to make 10 gallons of antifreeze that is 68% ethylene glycol?
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Question 194685: Find three consecutive integers such that 3 times the first integer plus the second integer minus 2 times the third integer is 9.
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Question 194966: Hi,
Ron owns a painting company. His two employees paint a total of five rooms in a day. Ron is going to hire one more employee.
Provide an estimate of how many rooms Ron's three employees will be able to paint in a day? Can you please explain?
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Question 195083: There are 428 days in a year on planet x and 107 days in a year on planet W. How many years are ther on planet w that are equal to one year on planet x.
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Question 195257: a cow costs 10 pounds, 8 chickens cost 1 pound and 1 pigs cost 2 pounds. you have 100 pounds. spend exactly 100 pounds and get 100 animals.
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Question 195935: The square of a positive number decreased by 10 is 2 more than 4 times the number. What is the number?
Trouble setting up.... any helpful sites that work with this type of question or one that can teach me? . Thanks.... frustrated mom:)
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Question 195933: Twice the square of a certain postive number is 144 more than twice the number. What is the number?
Really looking for help on how to set up.... can solve but can't seem to figure out how to set the thing up. Thanks.
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Question 195931: Find two consecutive even integers whose product is 80
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Question 195930: The sum of the squares of three consecutive, positive integers is equal to the sum of the squares of the next two integers. Find the five integers.
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Question 196022: The product of two consecutive even integers is 30 more than 9 times the smaller integer. What are the integers?
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Question 196261: The tens digit is twice the units digit. The sum of the original number and the number represented when the digits are interchanged is 66.
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Question 196334: If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 3, the fraction becomes 3/4. If the denominator is decreased by 7, the fraction becomes 1. Determine the original fraction.
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Question 196361: Find four consecutive integers whose sum is 114.
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Question 196361: Find four consecutive integers whose sum is 114.
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Question 196398: the sum of two numbers is 18. thier difference is 22. what are the numbers?
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Question 196298: A student with a 1.875 GPA has 24 credit hours. Find how many credit hour B's at 3 points per credit hour he would need to raise his GPA to 2.70.
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Question 196509: Bill shipped 7/10of the crates in his warehouse by air freight. If there were 40 crates in the warehouse, how many did he ship?
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Question 196574: The average of 33 consecutive whole numbers equals 58.

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Question 196486: Find a number that is 96 greater than its opposite.
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